The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 19

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