The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 08 06

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Fifty-fifty splitting two hundred? It's criminal ILLICIT
Employ 9 characters for developer at Exeter OPERATE
I had a bit of a laugh here? IDAHO
Love food, lying in bed and having a dip OYSTERS
Blend of cigarette tar -- get nicotine-free for rolling INTEGRATE
Better to avoid beer -- it admits little communication TWEET
Misbehave one time, starting domestic row TERRACE
Partner's using it to plaster over five lounges LOITERS
Unusual island ... Cos? No, but similar ICEBERG
Way to get all-inclusive meals THOROUGHFARE
Wow, addition to script is pants GASPS
Damned like souls in Hell? FLAMING
One cuts right angle? LETTEROPENER
One takes up art, dropping behind when tense SKILIFT
Cleopatra's unspoken last words surfacing in America? ASPHALT
'River plaice' battered -- must be fake REPLICA