The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
How amazing heroine Verdi devised has inspired INEVERDID
Joint almost cracked very loudly SPLIFF
Make no comment on Liverpool strips SHREDS
Newspaper article supports ending of export tax TITHE
Scruffy parliamentarian was in government circles RUMPLED
Supply item on van for detox treatment ANTIVENOM
The odds for Real one cuts to 3 to 1, say RATIO
They supply scores of soldiers after retreat of artillery ARRANGERS
This person's lost colour, getting stuck IMPALED
Time inside half-hearted, inadequate bank PORRIDGE
US vets behave affectionately, scrubbing hospital OLDHANDS
Whoppers from firm hiding investments, primarily COLOSSI
French state made economies after mounting waste DEVASTATE
Flies pensioner removed from soap dishes from Asia SCURRIES
Dimwit using computers to grasp 500 + 10? IDIOT
Climber has trouble around Namibia's borders LIANA
Behind spymaster, ready for battle again REARM
Be very fond of line by outstanding English poet LOVELACE