The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
US vets behave affectionately, scrubbing hospital OLDHANDS
Dimwit using computers to grasp 500 + 10? IDIOT
French state made economies after mounting waste DEVASTATE
Time inside half-hearted, inadequate bank PORRIDGE
Flies pensioner removed from soap dishes from Asia SCURRIES
This person's lost colour, getting stuck IMPALED
Joint almost cracked very loudly SPLIFF
Supply item on van for detox treatment ANTIVENOM
Behind spymaster, ready for battle again REARM
The odds for Real one cuts to 3 to 1, say RATIO
How amazing heroine Verdi devised has inspired INEVERDID
Be very fond of line by outstanding English poet LOVELACE
Newspaper article supports ending of export tax TITHE
Scruffy parliamentarian was in government circles RUMPLED
Make no comment on Liverpool strips SHREDS
Whoppers from firm hiding investments, primarily COLOSSI
They supply scores of soldiers after retreat of artillery ARRANGERS
Climber has trouble around Namibia's borders LIANA