The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2021 10 02

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