The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
In which no axe cut yet if so ordered? STAYOFEXECUTION
Search among adult bodies adrift at sea DISCOMBOBULATED
Fuss after Kipling hero backs emperor MIKADO
Established measures nearly all acknowledge ENSCONCED
Commotion in dictator's steep ditch BROUHAHA
Bent coppers ousting first team's leader from position APTITUDE
Planet almost consumed in flood SATURATE
African disease is avoided? BERBER
Lesbian perhaps seen topless? That's defamation SLANDER
Liberal deserting Midlands region for more remote one? BACKCOUNTRY
Potato in Indian fine, or a pudding served up cold? ALOOF
Press covering last letter from George Best CREAM
River near tree bordering a field REALM
Excellent returns shown by two accounts in plant ACACIA
The same European bird passing over India EQUAL
Wifeless worker at seam finding ancestor? ELDER
Beat shy opener for bounce, missing wicket THROB
A park pitch reconstructed around area -- it's official APPARATCHIK