The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 04

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Press invention LIE
Sheds weight when rude snub's broadcast about one's belly UNBURDENS
Passage from Sahara to Nubian Desert RATON
Sink into work regularly is common PLEBBY
Union assistant misread bid unfortunately BRIDESMAID
Thick slob, half ignored, beginning to tackle employment OBTUSE
Mum flees display covering snake migration DIASPORA
Spirit notes quiet must end early MESCAL
Sketches and rubs out writing? DESCRIBES
Pepper music played following cover CAPSICUM
Finish study, deferring start of degree END
Country smug and arrogant in part UGANDA
Boredom at heart of drunken nuisance ENNUI
Self-control lagging, greedily eats waste food PIGSWILL
Tea Party prophet cycled to get carriage drivers CHARIOTEERS
Area of London, Ohio provided houses SOHO
Right to interrupt terrible poet BARD
Opponents are like engineers quitting musical group ENSEMBLE
Old man's resistance raised in starting point for toast, maybe WHITEBREAD
Noisy group eager to be heard regularly hiss vegetables ZUCCHINIS
Low-down on two spirits GENII
Lorry salesman returned empty lorries after assistant misses making deliveries PAPERGIRLS
Leaderless jazz gig going badly, Oscar quits, moving in different directions ZIGZAGGING