Telegraph Toughie Answers - Thursday, 3rd October 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 3rd October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Shed light on playwright cutting opening act after sacking nameINTERPRETEDAAcross 9: Boat race without gold, for oneFACEAAcross 10: United Kingdom perhaps deposing leader seen with pre-Euro currency, over 100 marksPUNCTUATIONAAcross 11: Long delay in BowITCHAAcross 14: Found lying around in France, the next Brigitte Bardot?STARLETAAcross 16: Colouring agents from USA filling holePIGMENTAAcross 17: I play the oddsTHESPAAcross 18: Fire consuming middle of rolling pinAXLEAAcross 19: Rounds of skinless meatAMMOAAcross 20: Turn after junction, seeing bridge obstruction?TROLLAAcross 22: Warm saw?NOTICEDAAcross 23: Show me grasping a pointMATINEEAAcross 24: Due to drop round campWINGAAcross 28: I mostly love an eccentric closing act's send-offVALEDICTIONAAcross 29: Overlook first from Oxford UniversityOMITAAcross 30: Plane directed down to earthLEVEL-HEADEDDDown 2: Intelligence agent finally abandoning them?NOUSDDown 3: A head teacher is more than enoughEACHDDown 4: First-class officers drop at speedPLUMMETDDown 5: Index promoting the latest amphibians found locallyEFTSDDown 6: Say scripture over epitaph for personal boostEGO TRIPDDown 7: Republic once keen to corral extremely Stalinist crowdsEAST GERMANYDDown 8: Option for garden door kept her busyRED-HOT POKERDDown 12: I identified hiding spots to northern lawmakerISAAC NEWTONDDown 13: Drug taken by Clare, partly for sportTABLE TENNISDDown 15: One who monologued for A Bennett's degree classTHIRDDDown 16: One of 150 seats, after landslide, initially claimed by Starmer?PSALMDDown 20: Dog sitting outside former royal housesTERRACEDDown 21: Unsophisticated curry served up on plateLADDISHDDown 25: Item computers etc screened, displaying over and over again?MEMEDDown 26: Peak time for journey's end, about noonETNADDown 27: G.I. departedGONE