The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 10 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
6 in European capital getting disease PLAGUE
Area in Normandy above exposed part of cliff SURFACE
Encroaching tide flowing back CHANGEDIRECTION
Expedient note, one providing information RESOURCE
Fierce eagles spotted principally in uncultivated region WILDERNESS
Horse's hardtack SEABISCUIT
However tense, start to spread ideas THOUGHTS
I persuade marketing boards to get better IMPROVE
Issue leaders of newspapers covering yesterday's serious situation EMERGENCY
Last goal not oddly hurried ENDURE
Pistol raised on a Republican soldier REGULAR
Prominence of tipped-over rubbish TOR
Refreshing tip off for motor sport? RACING
Reptile exhausted circling eastern river SERPENT
See about moving apart? SEPARATE
Smart little pullet! Not entirely CHIC
Toss cycling pants TREWS
Wages of small company SCREW
Well-chosen answer essentially recaptured APT
Statesman, perhaps a Crimean, in trouble AMERICAN
Settled exactly after article originally drafted by editor ADJUSTED