Telegraph Toughie Answers - Tuesday, 22nd August 2023 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Tuesday, 22nd August 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Desperate to appear smart in clubs and bar repeatedlyCLEVER-CLEVERAAcross 9: Doorman stripped off for scrapOUNCEAAcross 10: Author types rubbish the wrong wayGENERATORAAcross 11: Rhetorical device in short stanza penned by American Gothic writerAPOSTROPHEAAcross 12: Work over Communist Manifesto's conclusionREDOAAcross 13: Rogue stops working for bagmen?CADDIESAAcross 15: Tennis shot – I'm not certain it's a winnerSMASHERAAcross 17: Kelvin wearing rubber ring in Scottish seaside regionKINTYREAAcross 19: Writes down votes against eating junkNOTATESAAcross 21: Part five in a light mealBITEAAcross 22: Never getting upset with wine, favouring most of soft drinksSHOCKPROOFAAcross 25: Affliction for someone scoffing too much beef?BELLYACHEAAcross 26: Appropriate square in ParisSEIZEAAcross 27: Making advances, fancy that inspiring figure Heather keeps closeMONEYLENDINGDDown 1: American digs opponent of Labour PartyCONDODDown 2: Chosen railway lines providing thrillELECTRIFYDDown 3: Fully occupy the centre of Vienna? It's disgusting!ENGROSSDDown 4: Pieces of cake which could be about 8.3 feet?CINCHESDDown 5: Lugs ambassador's case in different directionsEARSDDown 6: Beg to welcome children for a bit of balletENTRECHATDDown 7: Adopted by Gucci, a sombre, revolutionary designMOSAICDDown 8: Republican admitted to illicit affair in the Mail?ARMOURDDown 14: Artist put on a tragic opera, wanting its preludeDONATELLODDown 16: Fresh paint, kind of white for startersANTIPASTIDDown 17: Grills or foolishly bakes cakes blackKEBABSDDown 18: Right drunkard's utterance, interrupting with othersETHICALDDown 19: Particle of inert gas probed by English universityNUCLEONDDown 20: With such regularity, Oscar's lost temperSOFTENDDown 23: Approving of the opening words of Ode to Charles?OKINGDDown 24: Some bits of times table content forgottenBYTE