The Telegraph - TOUGHIE CROSSWORD NO: 88 - Oct 1 2023

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A faff after a military corps defends attack very well (2,3,2,1,6) ASFITASAFIDDLE
A Wimbledon favourite spotted speaking incorrectly? SEED
Creative, impractical and rather risque broadcaster BLUESKY
Criminal errs, a woman PC's possible extortioner RANSOMWARE
Did water sport around middle of lido in Split DIVIDED
Dig up tree from the south, oddly missing needles here ETUI
Does this suggest singular rather than plural refusals? NOS
Drop writing implement taken from Open University OMIT
E.g. Moscow correspondent's writings in USSR, say CAPITALLETTERS
E.g. pages in books covered with data sent out ATTENDANTS
Fate of poor team helping to overwhelm English cricket side RELEGATION
Get back from market with rug TWIG
He perhaps has dip from the east GAS
Irrelevant current message about BoJo, say ETONIAN
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Jack Anthony Fitzgerald who sang dance tune TARANTELLA
Least colourful painter entertains popular composer PALESTRINA
Little boy creating current agitation EDDY
Makes vows in the middle of the working week WEDS
Mount Everest and then Niagara on vacation ETNA
Plot by politicians creating fictions after retiring BEDTIMESTORIES
Port Bezos's assistant consumes along with fruit, occasionally ALEXANDRIA
Presume working at a desk involves dealing with admin, primarily TAKEASREAD
Queen American philosopher interrupts roughly CAMILLA
Represented Macbeth, say, with ease, considering the circumstances (2,3,4,3,2) ASTHECASEMAYBE
The two of us, informally, giving option list MENU
Vocally curse woman who has children DAM
Wee drop of Drambuie, then four in 60 seconds DIMINUTIVE
Woman kept in order? Not a single one, it's said NUN