The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 09

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