The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 06 21

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Worker, having contracted mad cow disease, is on leave ABSENT
Tucked into Cagliari cottage cheese RICOTTA
Sweet mixture Arab fed to his bag carrier? CARAMEL
Small cat starts to attack colossal hairy bear STOMACH
Selflessness of key game I'm hosting beginning on Saturday ALTRUISM
Really weird kind of light fantastic! VERYODD
Pan poster on Young Conservatives Association: 'gutless' BILLYCAN
Outstanding amount of poise! BALANCE
Novelist/actor James perhaps retired, having sustained broken neck DICKENS
Joint King of France hid in bag left CIA angry SACROILIAC
Heads of all states in African continent ASIA
God of peace? ODIN
Frail sacra I graze tackling large rock AILSACRAIG
Following dodgy salami, ultimately experience sickness MALAISE
Five pound each, canned meat VEAL
Find Tories terribly cruel and despotic IRONFISTED
Compiler, a classist sort, sent up Japanese culture BONSAI
Clan boss caught robber moving tons by road to Edinburgh CHIEFTAIN
Chief rang. IPA niffs somewhat ... it's got quite an odour FRANGIPANI