The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Whoppers from firm hiding investments, primarily COLOSSI
Time inside half-hearted, inadequate bank PORRIDGE
The odds for Real one cuts to 3 to 1, say RATIO
Newspaper article supports ending of export tax TITHE
Make no comment on Liverpool strips SHREDS
Joint almost cracked very loudly SPLIFF
French state made economies after mounting waste DEVASTATE
Dimwit using computers to grasp 500 + 10? IDIOT
Climber has trouble around Namibia's borders LIANA
Behind spymaster, ready for battle again REARM
Supply item on van for detox treatment ANTIVENOM
They supply scores of soldiers after retreat of artillery ARRANGERS
This person's lost colour, getting stuck IMPALED
US vets behave affectionately, scrubbing hospital OLDHANDS
Scruffy parliamentarian was in government circles RUMPLED
Flies pensioner removed from soap dishes from Asia SCURRIES
Be very fond of line by outstanding English poet LOVELACE
How amazing heroine Verdi devised has inspired INEVERDID