Telegraph Toughie Answers - Tuesday, 20th February 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Tuesday, 20th February 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Broadcast performer of nonsense verse?SCATTERAAcross 5: Plot to restrict water supply firmly knocked on the headBRAINEDAAcross 9: Endless stress close to breaking flunkeyUNDERLINGAAcross 10: American Idol rejected fundamentalist viewsDOGMAAAcross 11: Set off around River Severn's first lockTRESSAAcross 12: Record appeal constitutes source of internal problemsENTERITISAAcross 13: Moving onto email following reorganisationEMOTIONALAAcross 16: Square number rotated in original schemePLAZAAAcross 17: Witness admits terms of decision bias soundness of judgementSENSEAAcross 18: I appreciate that accepting the French is depressingCHEERLESSAAcross 20: Crazy authoritarian issuing garbled oath in novel settingRURITANIAAAcross 23: Member of company works nakedACTORAAcross 25: Newspaper reporter's essential part in unpleasant matterICHORAAcross 26: Intimate phone conversation narrowly avoided clashCLOSE CALLAAcross 27: Clear description of former journalist?EXPRESSAAcross 28: Literal meaning initially suggests correspondenceLETTERSDDown 1: To let: abandoned vehicleSHUTTLEDDown 2: Become confused when inane chatter alienates tense wifeADDLEDDown 3: Entrance to terraces in Ulster ground?TURNSTILEDDown 4: Establish level for the audienceRAISEDDown 5: Gain for each bank employee shortened gameBAGATELLEDDown 6: Dread may be caused by this reptile slithering aboutADDERDDown 7: Dark horse that poses threat to restNIGHTMAREDDown 8: Repeatedly unveiled ideas about southern tourist destinationDEAD SEADDown 14: They will admit joint possession?OWNERSHIPDDown 15: Steal food after losing son's triflesNICK-NACKSDDown 16: Superman enthralled crowds hanging around indefinitelyPERMANENTDDown 17: How one might describe mass employment in the armed forcesSERVICEDDown 19: Self-contained lists?SCROLLSDDown 21: Half-hearted setter misinterpreted briefTERSEDDown 22: Island in the form of a ringATOLLDDown 24: Discover whereabouts of something hard to findTRACE