The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 09 16

The Telegraph Cryptic

crossword answers

Clue	Answer
Tough, gutless, steals pounds	THROBS
Ship about beginning to raise flag	STREAMER
Reluctant States facing end of rule	AVERSE
Reform as term in Dartmoor detains ringleader	MASTERMIND
Puritan Mass said first	MORALIST
Pupil is tensely taking heed	LISTEN
Psychotic first killer America briefly rejected	MANIAC
Menace afterwards includes right mess	THREATEN
Meanders after quiet walks, unsteadily	SHAMBLES
Lock supports barring support	BUTTRESS
Kind of good in African republic	BENIGN
Key from old man's Golf, say	PASSPORT
Idiots accepting Democrat's backing for capital	ASSETS
Hostile to comics' vacuous buffoonery	ANTICS
Hoarding gold is tax free	EXORCISE
Spots small containers keeping ale's head	STAINS
More embarrassed, even when upset	REDDER
Pranked seeing house brought down	HOAXED