Telegraph Toughie Answers - Friday, 7th July 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Friday, 7th July 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Take off electronic bandSTRIPEAAcross 4: Unearthly flying carpet's leftSPECTRALAAcross 9: Force return of answer to "do you use hair wax?"LEGIONAAcross 10: Retreating ass and sheep start to get hurtSMARTINGAAcross 11: Rogue caught accomplice dividing plunderSCALLYWAGAAcross 13: Poorly penning vacuous dodgy poemIDYLLAAcross 14: Chap covered in feline spit rejected esteem for idle kitty?DORMANT ACCOUNTAAcross 17: I said surfing around Croatia regularly is surprisingEYEBROW-RAISINGAAcross 21: Take out line for slow speechDRAWLAAcross 23: Sent back quote with egg mass and height being speculativeTHEORETICAAcross 24: Tramp outside crashes now and then by trailerHORSE BOXAAcross 25: Name of woman that should be entered hereINGRIDAAcross 26: Bronze lavvy functionsTANGENTSAAcross 27: Use slate, but not on yardDEPLOYDDown 1: Climbing mountains quiet tonic? Not muchSPLASHDDown 2: Fit and graduate part, complicated actionsRIGMAROLEDDown 3: It's difficult to settle for the Parisian in outskirts of BirminghamPROBLEMDDown 5: Author hosting male relative consumed fruitPOMEGRANATEDDown 6: Jacket around back of organCARDIACDDown 7: Top intellectual showeringRAINYDDown 8: Member country degrading it's validityLEGALITYDDown 12: Suffered lack of humour stuck in hut on wet groundWENT WITHOUTDDown 15: Bizarre contents in funny Matt muralsUNNATURALDDown 16: Loaves baking still lacking bodyHEADSHOTDDown 18: Excuse having run over priest the night beforeRELIEVEDDown 19: Extracting device from embassy, ring EuropolSYRINGEDDown 20: Bitingly cold participating in daily swimmingACIDLYDDown 22: Name of man is a cover, not Paul originallyAARON