Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 21st September 2023 There are 17 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 21st September 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Criminal's case about bride's last vowCONSECRATEAAcross 6: Son, Eve's third, Father essentially providedSETHAAcross 9: Old bloke's tense following desireCOVETAAcross 10: Driver in pole position?GONDOLIERAAcross 12: Chattier about one billion net returnsGABBIERAAcross 13: Audibly burnt vegetableCHARDAAcross 15: Allowing gambling losing head for poundLETTINGAAcross 16: Most mysterious bug possibly by riverDEEPESTAAcross 18: Zeppelin tune's welcome with public, firstlyAIR-SHIPAAcross 18: Zeppelin tune's welcome with public, firstlyAIRSHIPAAcross 20: Yours truly inspires learner who's pioneeringSETTLERAAcross 21: Humble sailor's embracing a sweetheartABASEAAcross 23: European country with sex in mindBRITAINAAcross 25: Three-legged race?TRIATHLONAAcross 26: Did I omit to mask expression?IDIOMAAcross 27: Longs heartlessly showing desiresYENSAAcross 28: Cutting cord in a hospital departmentASTRINGENTDDown 1: Source of drug company scam exposedCOCADDown 2: Initially nervous flier welcomes good pilotNAVIGATORDDown 3: Firm foundationESTABLISHMENTDDown 4: Manipulating cartel abducting one horse?RIGGINGDDown 5: Crusader beat Communists' top revolutionaryTANCREDDDown 7: Flower single caught in important dateERICADDown 8: Family from present time in journalHEREDITARYDDown 11: Scoring, alternatively helping around boxORCHESTRATIONDDown 14: Joke of Left accepted by proletariatPLEASANTRYDDown 17: Worker in, say, train plantEGLANTINEDDown 19: Pilfers, oddly pinching flag stonesPEBBLESDDown 20: Lure of southern London suburbSPINNERDDown 22: Deceit admitted by a new immigrantALIENDDown 24: Sentence overturned leading to dischargeEMIT