Telegraph Toughie Answers - Wednesday, 3rd January 2024

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Wednesday, 3rd January 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 8:	Reportedly, footwear split!
AAcross 9:	Tree on mountain, for example, remains
AAcross 10:	County welcoming a suit
AAcross 11:	Gas supplied in secret, tanks sent over
AAcross 12:	Engineer hearing about lead in long pipe
AAcross 13:	This when scone arrived he whipped up, jam finally added?	DEVONSHIRE CREAM
AAcross 15:	Prize belly on sailor
AAcross 17:	Lesser star in bubble?
AAcross 20:	Club requiring fresh players, one held by Yorkshire team, briefly	NEWCASTLE UNITED
AAcross 23:	A personal best in undignified language? Exactly!	SLAP-BANG
AAcross 25:	Explorer with trained hounds
AAcross 26:	Grapes, say, about right for meal
AAcross 27:	Initially teeth wobbling, order a brace
AAcross 28:	Bound, aged gentleman's manacled
DDown 1:	Piece of writing is coming apart, by the sound of it?
DDown 2:	Pole found profane expression in publication
DDown 2:	Pole found profane expression in publication
DDown 3:	So much was true, unfortunately, about a leader in Lenin – that was right under Stalin's nose	WALRUS MOUSTACHE
DDown 4:	Bash with sharp poke on leg?
DDown 5:	Bit of fun in dance for old actor	CHARLES LAUGHTON
DDown 6:	Understand article in newspaper that's backed up
DDown 7:	Others as yet unmentioned dead, in need of resurrection?	ET AL
DDown 14:	Certainly the first person heard?
DDown 16:	Very good one
DDown 18:	Superficial sort breaking leak	SKIN-DEEP
DDown 19:	Whitish blocks alongside Tommy's home
DDown 21:	Old criminal working in cloak
DDown 22:	Person sent up: I hate that – stop it!
DDown 24:	Bait in lake and river