The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 04 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Lively chap I wed loses head ANIMATED
Italian food adopts right note for sliced meat PASTRAMI
Lying open, one undergoing treatment has heart removed PATENT
One example of tree twine, we hear UNIT
Runner in drama to stir cast ADMINISTRATOR
Square up a record involving literary outsiders PLAZA
Union's backstop is two powers blocking a French queen's return PRENUP
CROW'S NEST? TEPEE
Insult a fine compere AFFRONT
Unconventional Western celebrity lout takes Independent BOHEMIAN
I have found Californian city! EUREKA
How a stupid eccentric, denied papers, becomes lefty SOUTHPAW
Sails, getting success in fish WHITINGS
Gangster crosses street for finishing touch CAPSTONE
Warm to her, poor lowly creature EARTHWORM
Sunk empty bottles -- not smart UNKEMPT
Cheaper brand of champagne I once knocked back no good in retirement TATTIER
Gorges along east flanks of airport start to sink OVEREATS
Food adds a stone in some Asian countries FAREAST
Female abandoning Western country OMAN
Centres in Peking, Bulgaria and Polish capital KIGALI
Boorish decline to enter work PLEBBY
Brown barrel Bill sent back WALNUT