Telegraph Toughie Answers - Wednesday, 9th October 2024 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Wednesday, 9th October 2024. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Peasant, a German, very unwell at the outsetVILLEINAAcross 5: Closing a bandaged wound dressingPLASTERAAcross 9: Tax collector probing firm at the WharfMATTHEWAAcross 10: Reindeer, bear Radley mentionedCARIBOUAAcross 11: Possible hangover remedy found in wine for pub Isabel knocked backIBUPROFENAAcross 12: Relative turns colder every now and againUNCLEAAcross 13: Lament, say, set in cathedral cityELEGYAAcross 15: Throw after party in Scotland, admitting university's essentially making a great effort at St AndrewsALBATROSSAAcross 17: Confine drug dealer, one with dull office jobPEN-PUSHERAAcross 19: Rebuff Penny during danceREPELAAcross 22: Setter squeals out loud, a result of the frosty atmosphereICINGAAcross 23: Form mutated bacteria following onset of feverFABRICATEAAcross 25: Pompous? Not our funny daughter!OROTUNDAAcross 26: First-class subaltern suppressing soldiers complaintAILMENTAAcross 27: Spot designer with large loose trousersFRECKLEAAcross 28: Plastic souvenir I dropped in a stewNERVOUSDDown 1: 5A cables stripped, that's taking a bloody libertyVAMPIREDDown 2: Balt put on odd bits of 12 saladLETTUCEDDown 3: Front half of leader of flock disappears into thin airETHERDDown 4: Report just in: Welsh fans riotingNEWSFLASHDDown 5: Female bird nibbling shell of cola nutPECANDDown 6: One played for fun with no strings attached?AIR GUITARDDown 7: Leaves company after explorer keeled overTOBACCODDown 8: A big name in the media, Freud discovered short cutREUTERSDDown 14: Beaten UK yogurt fed northern rebelYOUNG TURKDDown 16: Airhead, maybe 15, first seen in baby showerBIRDBRAINDDown 17: Two ducks leaving to form couplePAIR OFFDDown 18: Feeling upset, taking time out for son? That's unhealthyNOISOMEDDown 20: UK firm accepts American honour for uplifting medicine?PLACEBODDown 21: Hardened Madrid side turned killer at close of playLAERTESDDown 23: Cook sweetFUDGEDDown 24: Not a hard worker, actress Bette taking month offIDLER