Telegraph Toughie Answers - Friday, 12th May 2023 There are 14 across clues and 14 down clues for the Telegraph Toughie crossword on Friday, 12th May 2023. View the answers below.. Also try..All Telegraph Toughie AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Key game involving a drained Grimsby, struggling to get out of the box?ESCAPOLOGYAAcross 6: Record of settlement that ends quest in SandwichSTUBAAcross 10: Pants fiancée Pat occasionally droppedINEPTAAcross 11: Open dry superior wine after common oneUNSECUREDAAcross 12: Corsican who enters bar for a peerMARQUISAAcross 13: Oriental figurine's fine, I reckon, reviewing legOKIMONOAAcross 14: Lift cold, fat-free meat on top of that hot dishCLEAN AND JERKAAcross 18: Sweet engineers with vehicle providing buff on the exteriorCREME CARAMELAAcross 21: Restaurant's tax returns finally written in timeTAVERNAAAcross 23: She wrote books with set length, maintaining appealGASKELLAAcross 24: Unreal property reduced by 50 per cent seen beyond river headFALSENESSAAcross 25: Runner's test coming from workINDUSAAcross 26: Hotel's legal documents picked upRITZAAcross 27: Theocrat, given two weeks, knocked out religious publicationWATCHTOWERDDown 1: Mystery sample of cream/gin/elderberry served upENIGMADDown 2: Tone songstress used on trackCHERRYDDown 3: Hole with rubbish over floor containing stray dogPIT BULL TERRIERDDown 4: LA woman embraces ScotsmanLOUISIANADDown 5: Finales of kung fu fights to relishGUSTODDown 7: Flier promoted the vacant position with channelTURBOJETDDown 8: Hose part of garden overlooking birches?BEDSOCKSDDown 9: Chris with lens recreated enthralling opening of David Lean filmSCHINDLER'S LISTDDown 15: Number of obsessive faces in Glastonbury event thusANALGESICDDown 16: S Beds motor racing centre for tiros that's full of conesSCOTS FIRDDown 17: Sausage served unwrapped left in clutches of petCERVELATDDown 19: Whine about business acquiring green space?MEADOWDDown 20: Comparatively mean doorman?CLOSERDDown 22: Taking second left out of football club stadiumARENA