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Thursday, 23rd October 2025

There are 17 across clues and 16 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Thursday, 23rd October 2025. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Repartee ultimately welcome during away match – just to have a laugh	FOR THE HELL OF IT
AAcross 6:	See 1 Across	OFIT
AAcross 9:	Study this writer's material
AAcross 10:	Retracting pencil with one new tip of graphite – pleasing
AAcross 12:	Litter born inside petrol station
AAcross 13:	Leave dessert?
AAcross 15:	Description of Van Gogh's ear he'd stupidly severed at the end
AAcross 17:	Can incorporating character from Greek language ...
AAcross 19:	... confuse things? I must find enlightenment
AAcross 19:	... confuse things? I must find enlightenment
AAcross 21:	Che Guevara beret essentially worn as display of rank?
AAcross 22:	Tesla possibly finished without Musk's capital – avoid
AAcross 24:	Mishmash of Coen brothers' work including Raising Arizona for starters
AAcross 27:	Hotel having everyone working to host small festival	HALLOWE&AMP;#039;EN
AAcross 28:	Stay behind line on pitch?
AAcross 29:	E.g. animated paper clip's hints that, occasionally, rewriting is required	PAST PARTICIPLE
AAcross 30:	See 29 Across
DDown 1:	Plug in iron – get wash out
DDown 2:	Mavericks putting Magritte with Degas strangely
DDown 3:	Moe's Happy Hour entertains one of the Simpsons
DDown 4:	Cambridge University party mostly rejected very alcoholic drinks
DDown 5:	Cheap books to support learning about whiskey	LOW-RENT
DDown 7:	Gathering following on stream
DDown 8:	Taking in tenth gig in ground
DDown 11:	Can be seen making Victor Borge's centrepiece hilarious
DDown 14:	Cool movie star's first big vehicle	CRUISE SHIP
DDown 16:	Artist oddly eager to cover term in Bethnal Green	EL GRECO
DDown 18:	Plane in Cologne maybe held up for work on the outside
DDown 20:	Roll well filled out with cheese – in cloth
DDown 21:	Prince might look up to this cover of Caruso by Pavarotti – perhaps in retirement
DDown 23:	Group of drivers touring Italy regularly with small collection of maps
DDown 25:	Genuine posh article hidden in prank
DDown 26:	Part of car exhaust is articulated

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