Telegraph Toughie Answers - Friday, 16th August 2024 There are 14 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Friday, 16th August 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Grant mostly securing international alliance's progressSHAPE UPAAcross 5: Taxi rejected pals to avoid Mike, legendary drinkerBACCHUSAAcross 9: Motown diva shown formal pantsDROSSAAcross 10: When separated, stroke form of chinSQUARE-CUTAAcross 11: See lake very briefly in secure vehicleLOCOMOTIVEAAcross 12: Body of water French one beginning to exploreMEREAAcross 14: Actor's learning past dialectNORMAN WISDOMAAcross 18: Book venue for better sort of Deep Purple performance at lastCASINO ROYALEAAcross 21: Plague-ridden village given another variable testEXAMAAcross 22: Searcher, due foremost on Snowdon, flapsBINGO WINGSAAcross 25: Bearer of keys returned gold ring chaps locked awayMELLOTRONAAcross 26: Think the world of today occasionally coarseADOREAAcross 27: Check one travelling iron has power commonlyREPRESSAAcross 28: Joiner tracks timber line somewhere in USOAKLANDDDown 1: Love pill, a dose's somewhat upliftingSOD ALLDDown 2: This minute champion gains weightAT ONCEDDown 3: Site of classic records electronic band acknowledgesEPSOM DOWNSDDown 4: After work, rising model gets advancePOSITDDown 5: Fruity Vouvray drained eating local cheeseBLUE VINNYDDown 6: Wheels hitting parking sign? That's fishyCARPDDown 7: Husband last to board defaced Dacia estateHACIENDADDown 8: This author maintains vacuous language deliberately chosenSET TERMSDDown 13: Flannel used in bedroom when steamy?PILLOW TALKDDown 15: Audibly petulant sneak clipped FiestaMARDI GRASDDown 16: Best entering residence from below!SCREAMERDDown 17: Shellfish key for leader in smackESCALLOPDDown 19: Wool market shutting in NovemberANGORADDown 20: Marine figure departs for booze cruise destination?OSTENDDDown 23: Island inhabited by new crazy AlaskanGONZODDown 24: Perhaps chestnut boxer Louis keeps first in kennelJOKE