The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 10 02

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Substance in meat to ripen bananas PROTEIN
Tiniest bits of crumbs adorning squalid tool shed CAST
Underwear of poor quality PANTS
Witness jumpers being lifted SPOT
Stonier rocks coming soon INSTORE
Stair hamsters perhaps will climb STEP
Stage before drive shows cricketing skill LEGSPIN
Skill in fraud on its way STARTING
Second rotten reprimand TICKOFF
Previously referred to a figure heard and acknowledged AFOREMENTIONED
Little movement arising in actual performance RECITAL
Large and neat TIDY
Foreign words aimed at a Tuareg gal, gent translates TARGETLANGUAGE
Faint, not very fit AGUE
Drink beginning to cheer up dad CUPPA
County suit under discussion HERTS
Bubbly guy gutted to admit halfwit GASSY
Break down in tears initially: see, I'm upset ITEMISE
Boss eats horribly toxic substance ASBESTOS
Beams following in empty rays RAFTERS
Amount paid to secure a cruise COAST
TAKE A PUNT ON A GREEK CHARACTER BETA
Decay -- as might stew? GOTOPOT