The Telegraph Cryptic - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 16

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