The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Right to interrupt terrible poet BARD
Finish study, deferring start of degree END
Sketches and rubs out writing? DESCRIBES
Lorry salesman returned empty lorries after assistant misses making deliveries PAPERGIRLS
Pepper music played following cover CAPSICUM
Noisy group eager to be heard regularly hiss vegetables ZUCCHINIS
Opponents are like engineers quitting musical group ENSEMBLE
Thick slob, half ignored, beginning to tackle employment OBTUSE
Mum flees display covering snake migration DIASPORA
Sheds weight when rude snub's broadcast about one's belly UNBURDENS
Low-down on two spirits GENII
Sink into work regularly is common PLEBBY
Boredom at heart of drunken nuisance ENNUI
Area of London, Ohio provided houses SOHO
Country smug and arrogant in part UGANDA
Press invention LIE
Passage from Sahara to Nubian Desert RATON
Tea Party prophet cycled to get carriage drivers CHARIOTEERS
Union assistant misread bid unfortunately BRIDESMAID
Old man's resistance raised in starting point for toast, maybe WHITEBREAD
Spirit notes quiet must end early MESCAL
Self-control lagging, greedily eats waste food PIGSWILL
Leaderless jazz gig going badly, Oscar quits, moving in different directions ZIGZAGGING