The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 09

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Piercing lamentation KEEN
Resentful of Jack, a six-footer cycling JEALOUS
Right part sent back -- time to find proof of purchase RECEIPT
Symbolic number accepting fine TOKEN
Troublesome current item: finding new employees RECRUITMENT
What's written after passing rubbish heap outside mine EPITAPH
Prickly shrub surrounding a river bank in underwater structure BARRIERREEF
Plan one beloved king ignored IDEA
Overcome hard nut, we're told CONQUER
Occasionally shout very loudly in fit of anger HUFF
Man perhaps lies badly ISLE
Make firm points to clinch argument STIFFEN
Last letter in vehicle for emperor CZAR
Lacking energy, had a go at turning over soil DIRT
Heroic trips organised before records were kept PREHISTORIC
Has some downsides OWNS
Hang about in seaside resort before run HOVER
Fishing equipment rocks! REELS
Distance, for example, a cart must reverse YARDAGE
Celebrated wildebeests turning up SUNG
Surprisingly outraged don's benevolent GOODNATURED
Alpine transport except after end of snowmelt TBAR
English country squire welcomes a property dealer ESTATEAGENT
Nod fiercely, surprisingly in environmental harmony ECOFRIENDLY
Bow, having cut short nonsense FIDDLESTICK
Large carnivore's frightful, we hear, to tolerate GRIZZLYBEAR