The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 19

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Established measures nearly all acknowledge ENSCONCED
Lesbian perhaps seen topless? That's defamation SLANDER
River near tree bordering a field REALM
Wifeless worker at seam finding ancestor? ELDER
Commotion in dictator's steep ditch BROUHAHA
Planet almost consumed in flood SATURATE
Liberal deserting Midlands region for more remote one? BACKCOUNTRY
Fuss after Kipling hero backs emperor MIKADO
Potato in Indian fine, or a pudding served up cold? ALOOF
African disease is avoided? BERBER
Press covering last letter from George Best CREAM
A park pitch reconstructed around area -- it's official APPARATCHIK
Search among adult bodies adrift at sea DISCOMBOBULATED
Beat shy opener for bounce, missing wicket THROB
The same European bird passing over India EQUAL
Bent coppers ousting first team's leader from position APTITUDE
In which no axe cut yet if so ordered? STAYOFEXECUTION
Excellent returns shown by two accounts in plant ACACIA