The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 2,996 - Jan 20 2023

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Clues Answers
Allies picking up equipment for those who treat rising cause of death in Asia SEPPUKU
Area offering the greatest latitude, in a negative sense ANTARCTIC
Binds broken bobsleigh whose frame has split OBLIGES
Break bread SMASH
Complaints made by short thick wife and kids on vacation SQUAWKS
Comrade Victor has converted TOVARISCH
Diviner month, you said, before year's end AUGUR
Edges of nail-head left in flat wheel TRUNDLE
Finally weeping, overwhelmed by dreadful air at funeral DIRGE
Former lady's maid advanced with considerable trouble ABIGAIL
Helping first worker to support Charlie ASSISTANT
Hip person looking on, but not at, examiner INSPECTOR
Intensity of final farewell following heart transplant? DEPTH
Malaysian capital detaining group linked to a secret doctrine KABBALA
Melodious harp one played ORPHEAN
More than one stretch breaks back SPANS
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Nothing must stop academic demonstration PROOF
Roland endlessly bored by dame's male friend OLDBEAN
Rustic type of game that's not hard PEASANT
Sea tide briefly changed, trapping old salts IODATES
Sin and sex repressed by Conservative jurisdiction TERRITORY
Slap detective and cryptically murder playwright EYESHADOW
Source of down clue I derived to some extent EIDER
Statesman, as it happens, almost bitten by animal BOLIVAR
Subject of test words that may follow French and precede Latin? GUINEAPIG
Tangled bird spread out to dry KNOTTED
The benefit of not being well? SICKPAY
Try on extremely stiff new pants YFRONTS
Ultimately try to fill barrel up wherein soldiers may go for a dip? YOLKSAC
Using which a rider may secure essential cover CHINSTRAP
Visitor all but seconds judge GUESS
Worthless bits of objects aimed at bolstering fine silver FAGENDS