The Telegraph Toughie - Crossword Answers | 2023 11 15

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Story book removed from desk TALE
Small pet ultimately made children tense up STIFFEN
Sane lawmaker surrounded by crooked economists COMPOSMENTIS
Approximately one drink for everyone initiates a fight ROUNDABOUT
As usual, regularly eating a second fried snack SAMOSA
Ex-con almost pinched stealing a gift LAGNIAPPE
Unnecessary hype leads to severe sadness NEEDLESS
Wine-making equipment one is able to see in Italy VATICAN
Frenetically busy guy in charge MANIC
Boxer caught by right and left intermittently had hit back RETALIATE
Purity of speed cut by 20 per cent in London? CHASTITY
Relative occasionally invited to join church NIECE
A bottle of wine gave a buzz internally? Sorted! ARRANGED
Spades also found alongside large, empty beachfront building? SANDCASTLE
Tiresome person quietly suffering PILL
Food served up for US agents NARCS
Point of disagreement for kids ISSUE
Perhaps Penny's adopting uncle's first son or his daughter? COUSIN
Gets going, heading to shops following a list I've amended VITALISES
Twisted hair's tidy, but it provides no cover! BIRTHDAYSUIT