Telegraph Toughie AnswersWednesday, 27th August 2025 There are 16 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Wednesday, 27th August 2025. View the answers below.. All Telegraph Toughie Answers All PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Nurse once rejected account, avoiding a lieNESTLEAAcross 4: One's backing "boring Arsenal" making pledgeDEPOSITAAcross 9: How to get a ref to provide travel expense?TRAIN FAREAAcross 10: Covering panic in government circlesICINGAAcross 11: Intended column coming to a point to appear in current TimesASPIREDAAcross 12: Channel swimmer, according to Spooner, gets breakfast foodOATMEALAAcross 13: Curt president became the one oddly neglected by historyFORGOTTENAAcross 16: Signs books, not the first name in thereOMENSAAcross 17: Vet's motor, early car modelAUDITAAcross 18: Whiff of toes after runningFORETASTEAAcross 21: Guy you texted lapping up each word of congratulationsCHAPEAUAAcross 22: Hard men keen, it's said, to display testosterone?HORMONEAAcross 25: Photograph of old detective probing hostSEPIAAAcross 26: Pencilled in number five, not using force to save bit of inkTENTATIVEAAcross 27: Rookie compiler's admitting decisive argumentSETTLERAAcross 28: Rest and recuperation primarily taken by those abroadOTHERSDDown 1: Nowhere near a pint?NOT HALFDDown 2: Snow under motorway traffic's restrictingSWAMPDDown 3: Solitary figure, batter's last seen chasing just over 50?LONERDDown 4: Let up and stopped getting personalDIE DOWNDDown 5: Alludes to potential clue for "In post"POINTS OUTDDown 6: Craven Cottage's base overwhelmed by bias to a smaller degreeSPINELESSDDown 7: Switches eyewear after time, no good in the vanTOGGLESDDown 8: Actress in Queen Vic, Mrs Cotton?BARDOTDDown 14: Racecourse kiss and cuddle leads to ruddy strip!RED CARPETDDown 15: Cream hat online? ExactlyON THE NAILDDown 17: Advanced cronyism at the top – Conservative resorts to chargesACCUSESDDown 18: Races through channel north of river in puntFLUTTERDDown 19: I'm sorry to break part of ladder put up againREHUNGDDown 20: Spain allows you historically to fill small holesEYELETSDDown 23: Have a go at climbing hill while getting drunkROASTDDown 24: As it happens nothing tops fruitOLIVE