The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 16

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Period to pass in a leisurely way WHILE
Informer turns up in prairies, perhaps GRASSLANDS
Latest deals oddly missing in column NEWEL
Close observers of exceptional top actress SPECTATORS
Old rag changed name, becoming newspaper? ORGAN
Refuse to concede some aphid is a greenfly DISAGREE
Gin, say, some sent back TRAP
Admitting right to bias in scholarship LEARNING
Most foolish, getting sick during brief nap SILLIEST
... old hand editor excluded OMITTED
Most sinister day biblical ship set out DARKEST
Completely remove strange alien mite ELIMINATE
Tar easily covers such spaces AREAS
Grand handouts negotiated THOUSAND
Diligent worker to patch up round centre of machinery SOLDIER
Planetary feature discovered in astronomic analysis CANAL
Relatively paltry young bird heard CHEAPER
Getting bigger, former lover needs looking after EXTENDING
Point during speech about America INDICATION
Gives task to king, good for first of leaders CHARGES