Telegraph Toughie AnswersFriday, 21st February 2025 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Friday, 21st February 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Toughie Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Evidently substandard establishment engaging with social worker?FOUND WANTINGAAcross 8: Savoury rum’s dispensed with a dash of relish by friend in estaminet?UMAMIAAcross 9: Did some eggs maybe get lost, 50 concealed in sack?SCRAMBLEDAAcross 11: Official takes ball on as a resultTHEREFOREAAcross 12: Can it be used for lingerie as well as gowns? It canSATINAAcross 13: Pub purchase exploits solicitorMILK STOUTAAcross 16: Use subterfuge to get old German viewpointANGLEAAcross 18: This student band plays for debutanteTUTEEAAcross 19: Protect against combustibles whenever rolling back carpetingFIREPROOFAAcross 20: Directors get onBOARDAAcross 22: Driver must manage his surplus cattleOVERSTEERAAcross 25: East to west, reputation precedes Mr Lancaster in loveENAMOUREDAAcross 26: No Messiah: newborn in bothy has contrary manner!BRIANAAcross 27: That is what’s left from visiting Mars and Venus?IN OTHER WORDSDDown 1: Pipe of sorts, one of many introduced to cassoulet?FLAGEOLETDDown 2: Join train heading north, having blown coverUNITEDDown 3: Finding not particularly “dancy” partyDISCODDown 4: Estate agent with higher voice that’s posted overseasAIR LETTERDDown 5: Lots of compact event recordingTIMESTAMPDDown 6: East African guide quietly departs after noonNILOTDDown 7: Organised item at stops doddery old bubs periodically use?BUS TIMETABLEDDown 10: The 90th Birthday racket-maker, say?DINNER FOR ONEDDown 14: Nifty mover went and stole stone wallsSPEEDBOATDDown 15: Lost, naturally, without femaleOFF COURSEDDown 17: Folk might get a gander at these shows with episodes overladen with sentimentGOOSERIESDDown 21: Further tip from attorney intercepts battle before court?AGAINDDown 23: Provide support for one’s first wife after deathENDOWDDown 24: Thus, when taking booze half-heartedly?SOBER