The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Presenter tainted concealing charm ENTERTAIN
Battered hot appetiser, just Indian initially BHAJI
Rubbish Conservative course on subterfuge CLAPTRAP
Sea entered marina at sea MEDITERRANEAN
Like a mule turning into beast OBSTINATE
Pulverised leaves in producing ointment VASELINE
Lock up criminal over financial penalty CONFINE
Left port carrying cargo LADEN
Kept cool RESERVED
Cover for sewer? THIMBLE
Army admitting mistake for land TERRA
Look back and study past OLDEN
Mislead party on allowance issue CONSIDERATION
Fancies changes about a Government's leader VAGARIES
Informed of a brute inspiring right ABREAST
Reportedly governed and controlled REINED
Ruler about right holding tide back CAESAR
Immobile patient stifling panic when undressed INANIMATE
Regulate unusually steamy sites SYSTEMATISE
Current Republican in hot water? STREAM
Weaken purchasing very adult material RELEVANT
One sketches naked, finally, comparatively bare DRAWER