The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 05 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Wait in back of limo, opening some American wine? LOITER
Use force to get a compliment PRAISE
Tool is grabbed by team when water cut off CHISEL
Current crossed by lads aboard craft -- lighter? ARSONIST
Stuck in branches, treetop close, perhaps? STREET
Shabby material covering plain silk TABARET
Audio equipment offering choice of call, character phoning home HEADSET
Fashionable second course MODISH
Red little mark, fancifully? SCARLET
Keats' almost sensational feeling about a subject of one of his odes NIGHTINGALE
German writer beginning on scarier, terrifying tale SCHILLER
Footwear on pirate BOOTLEG
Fights during preliminary race, most serious HEAVIEST
Wrapped in material, case of Soave shut up again RESEAL
Brass bar as plunger? NECKLINE
Equines working a long time, guzzling last of water ONAGERS
Cash fine STERLING