The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2022 06 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Time right to involve opponents in rubber ERASER
Wandering Bill adopted by leaderless 4 NOMADIC
What chess expert does? Works of art MASTERPIECES
What one might show in Pompeii? DUPLICATION
You and I discovered bird act is eccentric WEIRDO
Struggling marines succeeded in close call NEARMISS
State one's number of years? That's mean AVERAGE
Sadly coming short GNOMIC
Put out about let RELEASED
Note is occasionally read and belittled MINIMISED
Mistake in fling resulting in drink SHERRY
Grand arena houses challenge DARE
Eden perhaps difficult around Arizona HAZARD
Drink in drunken bout, mostly restrained by oil company ESPRESSO
Delay last visit STAY
Compare half of horse's bit EQUATE
Base member beginning to yatter in song of mourning ELEGY
Arresting outlaw to criticise a head honcho TOPBANANA
Bar in vacated interim structure IMPEDIMENT
More dangerous rioter heartlessly surrounds runner RISKIER
Object of French flipping strange DEMUR
Part of gut last to enjoy settlement COLONY
Phantom jockey crept inside stall regularly SPECTRAL
Staff independent city paper MANILA