The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 19

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