Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 4th May 2023 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 4th May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Exaggerated this compiler's style and classIMMODERATEAAcross 6: Paddle round top of ocean?BOATAAcross 9: Learner, more or less idlest, periodicallyCADETAAcross 10: Conduct of French, more common reportedlyDEMEANOURAAcross 12: My face is friendly!CORDIALAAcross 13: Fabric edge with middle to edgeCREPEAAcross 15: More irritable sailor rolling over deckRATTIERAAcross 16: Most inane dirt repelled starDUMBESTAAcross 18: Old lady's detailed minding a cosmeticMASCARAAAcross 20: Delight seeing good boy studyGLADDENAAcross 21: Isaiah's first lament about Biblical characterNAOMIAAcross 23: Less robust rule a king rejectedRANGIERAAcross 25: Charge could be shockingOFFENSIVEAAcross 26: Tedium being buttonholed by drunken nuisanceENNUIAAcross 27: Israelite occasionally seeing Dead Sea's content?SALTAAcross 28: Light wife without hourglass figure?WEIGHTLESSDDown 1: Desire of topless enchantress!ITCHDDown 2: Treats moderates surrounding ConservativeMEDICATESDDown 3: Will check state when artery clogsDETERMINATIONDDown 4: Right milk producer? One bottled fresherRUDDIERDDown 5: Drained after stomach lurchedTUMBLEDDDown 7: Bracing air over areaOZONEDDown 8: Make point about exercise, getting thinnerTURPENTINEDDown 11: Backing account, criticise Independent in remarkACCOMPANIMENTDDown 14: Dreadful time fire briefly engulfed polishTREMENDOUSDDown 17: Final United competition acquiring new staminaENDURANCEDDown 19: Some jumbos maybe fine without leaderAIRLINEDDown 20: Root of pidgin's EnglishGINSENGDDown 22: Rotten, almost entirely inedible meatOFFALDDown 24: Express and Sun primarily showing arroganceAIRS