Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 4th January 2024 There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 4th January 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Case unfinished in month, needing year to establish pro-women ruleMATRIARCHYAAcross 6: Number covered by dreadful groupBANDAAcross 9: Schoolboy howler not at first recalledPUPILAAcross 10: Yearns to be seen around facilities in underwearLONG JOHNSAAcross 12: Goes on binge, losing head – wakesAROUSESAAcross 13: Look after new money after dropping pennyNURSEAAcross 15: I feel bad backing lad’s affairLIAISONAAcross 16: Celebrity flat is a place for comment?NOTEPADAAcross 18: Don’t come to see comedianSTAND-UPAAcross 20: Expression of love involving ultimately playful smackFLAVOURAAcross 21: Frighten one away from person following regimeDETERAAcross 23: Fool entering shot with old artistPICASSOAAcross 25: Leading figure to make small point in front of our group's historianHERODOTUSAAcross 26: Mockery and a lot of anger over US cityIRONYAAcross 27: Succeed in love, though not in accepting lovePASSAAcross 28: Fine, perhaps, to fight where shootout occurs?PENALTY BOXDDown 1: I am surprised about work without much purposeMOPYDDown 2: Chief plant-holder, overturned, almost crackedTOP BANANADDown 3: I will study team on the left, making the wrong choice?ILL-CONSIDEREDDDown 4: Crime discovered after quantity of money turns upROLLS INDDown 5: Applied transfersHANDS-ONDDown 7: Have nothing to do with criminal injury provided by soldiersABHORDDown 8: Failure to limit minor upset for busy German cityDUSSELDORFDDown 11: Irish writer quick to support king’s sonJONATHAN SWIFTDDown 14: Union arrangement ended quiet operationCLOSED SHOPDDown 17: Post Office, suppressing recent failure, compromised imagePHOTOBOMBDDown 19: Favourite time, tucking into dessert? One could shift some drinkPIPETTEDDown 20: Such, if replanted, will lead to a blossomFUCHSIADDown 22: Rhubarb served up with American donutTORUSDDown 24: Cat lady’s limitations? One will abandon nothingLYNX