The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 07 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Small vehicle, one not supposed to be working SCAB
What 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 25, 26, 27 Across and 1, 3 Down do for means of defence GUARDDOGS
What runners do, going straight LEGIT
Travelling in America over less important route ABROAD
Twice bail criminal making a sound when speaking BILABIAL
Scotswoman, half-cut one from Jura, perhaps ISLA
Rubbish couple of teachers from down under DEBRIS
Plaits I twisted around girl's head? PIGTAILS
Large group's sorrowful feeling crossing large river PLURALITY
Half hour absorbed by request to keep reading still PHOTO
Footballers succeeded in stadium close to capital ARSENAL
Challenge representative after one shot gun IMPUGN
Blunt VIP meeting king STARK
Theatre sign for bailiffs REPOMEN
Turning up as well, fool consumes starter of beef Wellington GUMBOOT
Bird food left on loose stones SCREECHOWL
Drug squad's first head has major item for PC ESCAPEKEY
Gold bar packaging to protect against loss AUTOSAVE
Husband, getting on during illness, is resisting HOLDINGOUT
Instrument in Cats TOMTOM
Maybe Eisenhower's daughter dated human being DWIGHT
Revolutionary caste's middle class members making errors SLIPUPS
Right scoundrel follows copper, arrested by one ACCURATE