Telegraph Toughie Answers - Wednesday, 12th April 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Wednesday, 12th April 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Union's backstop is two powers blocking a French queen's returnPRENUPAAcross 4: How a stupid eccentric, denied papers, becomes leftySOUTHPAWAAcross 9: I have found Californian city!EUREKAAAcross 10: Italian food adopts right note for sliced meatPASTRAMIAAcross 12: Unconventional Western celebrity lout takes IndependentBOHEMIANAAcross 13: Centres in Peking, Bulgaria and Polish capitalKIGALIAAcross 15: Overtaking, in error, salesman travelling back through ChinaOUTPERFORMINGAAcross 18: Runner in drama to stir castADMINISTRATORAAcross 22: Lying open, one undergoing treatment has heart removedPATENTAAcross 24: Lively chap I wed loses headANIMATEDAAcross 26: Gangster crosses street for finishing touchCAPSTONEAAcross 27: Brown barrel Bill sent backWALNUTAAcross 28: Gorges along east flanks of airport start to sinkOVEREATSAAcross 29: Skiers hurt mouthKISSERDDown 1: Boorish decline to enter workPLEBBYDDown 2: Warm to her, poor lowly creatureEARTHWORMDDown 3: Sunk empty bottles – not smartUNKEMPTDDown 5: Female abandoning Western countryOMANDDown 6: Cheaper brand of champagne I once knocked back no good in retirementTATTIERDDown 7: Square up a record involving literary outsidersPLAZADDown 8: Sails, getting success in fishWHITINGSDDown 11: Food adds a stone in some Asian countriesFAR EASTDDown 14: Insult a fine compèreAFFRONTDDown 16: Bothers artist in working around riverIRRITANTSDDown 17: Almost see father choked, missing fly in soupGAZPACHODDown 19: Grandmother uncovered what perhaps Romans got from Paul Newman?NANETTEDDown 20: Drums start, I'm panicking withinTIMPANIDDown 21: Programme's boss travelled north to secure that certain somethingEDITORDDown 23: Crow's nest?TEPEEDDown 25: One example of tree twine, we hearUNIT