The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Finish study, deferring start of degree END
Leaderless jazz gig going badly, Oscar quits, moving in different directions ZIGZAGGING
Low-down on two spirits GENII
Mum flees display covering snake migration DIASPORA
Noisy group eager to be heard regularly hiss vegetables ZUCCHINIS
Old man's resistance raised in starting point for toast, maybe WHITEBREAD
Opponents are like engineers quitting musical group ENSEMBLE
Passage from Sahara to Nubian Desert RATON
Pepper music played following cover CAPSICUM
Press invention LIE
Right to interrupt terrible poet BARD
Self-control lagging, greedily eats waste food PIGSWILL
Sheds weight when rude snub's broadcast about one's belly UNBURDENS
Sink into work regularly is common PLEBBY
Sketches and rubs out writing? DESCRIBES
Spirit notes quiet must end early MESCAL
Tea Party prophet cycled to get carriage drivers CHARIOTEERS
Thick slob, half ignored, beginning to tackle employment OBTUSE
Union assistant misread bid unfortunately BRIDESMAID
Country smug and arrogant in part UGANDA
Boredom at heart of drunken nuisance ENNUI
Area of London, Ohio provided houses SOHO
Lorry salesman returned empty lorries after assistant misses making deliveries PAPERGIRLS