Telegraph Toughie Answers - Friday, 21st July 2023 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Friday, 21st July 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Plant destruction by insectBUGLOSSAAcross 5: PM I see suppressing nonsenseASQUITHAAcross 9: Gang in bars – might they check consumption of coke?SCREWTOPSAAcross 10: Article, verb and pronoun finish off grammatical blockANVILAAcross 11: Shell ban by Israel, seethingABOILAAcross 12: Building up NHS? Yes, it's strugglingSYNTHESISAAcross 13: Current in fuse applied to keep goingSOLDIER ONAAcross 16: Bag English beefGRIPEAAcross 17: Vote in a fellow King, maybeAXMANAAcross 18: Thrash about, needing energy foodCREAM CAKEAAcross 20: Lively jester, OAP, deterioratesPEJORATESAAcross 23: Delivered whisky for European admin centreHAGUEAAcross 25: Snitch about international racketNOISEAAcross 26: Buffoon runs into robust issue, one of many?HARLEQUINAAcross 27: Necessary list includes a thousand on boardSHEKELSAAcross 28: Wild about United dropping one in leagueFEDERALDDown 1: Permit loan to be set up? I don't knowBUS PASSDDown 2: Actress mainly crows over OscarGARBODDown 3: Totalitarian state briefly incorrect about charging a new criminalORWELLIANDDown 4: Drives away mules, perhaps in pick-upSHOOSDDown 5: Unexpectedly scans one with a sound resemblance?ASSONANCEDDown 6: Subdue, in the capacity of mumQUASHDDown 7: I relish digesting volume one on your American and Russian newsIZVESTIYADDown 8: Papacy's unknown saint beginning to engage in breachHOLY SEEDDown 14: Drink in casual milieu with Jack inside churchLIME JUICEDDown 15: Strikes again disrupted teachers around 3rd of DecemberRECATCHESDDown 16: Perhaps fixes Head of Intelligence in thought, affording protection in trapGUMSHIELDDDown 17: In draughts, maybe peg's secured bloomers?ALPINESDDown 19: Everlasting bearing evenly coated in lead-free alloyETERNALDDown 21: Official concerned with overseeing First LadyREEVEDDown 22: Literally excites a character in partSERIFDDown 24: One who sticks with meagre food having swapped sidesGLUER