Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 3rd August 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 3rd August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Meeting about situation where we tire Bon Jovi out when cutting a discJOB INTERVIEWAAcross 8: Book with three articles about big character of Dot Cotton perhaps being spotted in SquareBANDANAAAcross 9: Went round in circles as terms for Building Society assessedGYRATEDAAcross 11: Get carpeting – maybe Persian – with voucherCATCH ITAAcross 12: This writer's invested in material about refugeesEMIGRESAAcross 13: On reflection declare ra-ra skirts more unusualRARERAAcross 14: Clue for how to make sci-fi showDOCTOR WHOAAcross 16: Mister Ben returns – university student is finally the animatorNEBULISERAAcross 19: Google rival with old houseBINGOAAcross 21: Takes in retro vest worn by athlete during penultimate matchIMBIBESAAcross 23: Family member with cataract, essentially it's foggyUNCLEARAAcross 24: Force finding drunk hit car after ignoring limits on motorwayMILITIAAAcross 25: Warning in sale, as gold is shiftedCAUTIONAAcross 26: Nurse interfered with tree pruner – risk-takerENTREPRENEURDDown 1: Porter blended into filling drinkJANITORDDown 2: Swimmer crossing lake for rambleBLATHERDDown 3: I'd seen assorted apartment blocks getting minor changes in the mainNEAP TIDESDDown 4: Good score from Texan golfer, occasionallyEAGLEDDown 5: I turn green initially, seeing psychological thrillerVERTIGODDown 6: Embarrass oneself and worry over part of murderEAT CROWDDown 7: Without Pence working on basics with Trump, a desire to hide the full facts is revealedOBSCURANTISMDDown 10: Harry Houdini's wrong – week to escape is humiliatingDISHONOURINGDDown 15: Charlie, 23 – cycling around middle of Cumbria gets blisterCARBUNCLEDDown 17: Airline only travelling beyond Belgium's capital onceBABYLONDDown 18: Nipper hit over rear mostlyLOBSTERDDown 19: Since worker's touring around AmericaBECAUSEDDown 20: Defer fine somehow – females evicted and poorerNEEDIERDDown 22: Monkey affected by sulphurSCAMP