The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Completely remove strange alien mite ELIMINATE
Latest deals oddly missing in column NEWEL
Informer turns up in prairies, perhaps GRASSLANDS
Period to pass in a leisurely way WHILE
Gin, say, some sent back TRAP
Refuse to concede some aphid is a greenfly DISAGREE
Old rag changed name, becoming newspaper? ORGAN
Close observers of exceptional top actress SPECTATORS
Most foolish, getting sick during brief nap SILLIEST
Most sinister day biblical ship set out DARKEST
... old hand editor excluded OMITTED
Admitting right to bias in scholarship LEARNING
Tar easily covers such spaces AREAS
Planetary feature discovered in astronomic analysis CANAL
Diligent worker to patch up round centre of machinery SOLDIER
Grand handouts negotiated THOUSAND
Gives task to king, good for first of leaders CHARGES
Point during speech about America INDICATION
Relatively paltry young bird heard CHEAPER
Getting bigger, former lover needs looking after EXTENDING