The Telegraph - CRYPTIC - Oct 20 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Telegraph - CRYPTIC CROSSWORD NO: 30,123 - Oct 20 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Abuse left for one during current legal action	INSULT
Airline service cross about supposedly unmissable target?	BARNDOOR
Approaching leader in race, draw level	TIER
Caught golfer making embarrassing error	CLANGER
City Spice Girl barely missed	MELBOURNE
Cook recipe accessed by upper-class gourmet	EPICURE
Correspondence, some enclosing a journal	ANALOGY
Dicky wearing black tuxedo composed love letter	BILLETDOUX
Entering southern strait, Norman occasionally is sleepy	SOMNOLENT
Excuse company essentially about mobile phone message	PRETEXT
Fellow is working for disreputable types	LOWLIFES
Got a load of fish, we're told	EYED
Greek character visits second gravestone, possibly	MONUMENT
Issue anaesthetic	NUMBER
Little old man retired, lacking in desire	PETITE
Play and series of books attracting magazine	OTHELLO
PM over in Irish county	MAYO
Prime student to limit pressure before American exam	ELEVENPLUS
Respectful First Lady has tear succeeding Republican	REVERENT
Rum, maybe from Italy, son left half-finished	ISLE
Signs of fear perhaps as some pubs go bust	GOOSEBUMPS
Skill of primarily kind old doctor in Cumbrian area	KNOWHOW
Staunch supporter of extremely shady organisation	SYSTEM
Took over from daughter behind console	RELIEVED
Traipses around externally impressive food shop	PATISSERIE
Travelling a lot is origin of extended quarantine	ISOLATE
Tripe small number in Essex noshed regularly	NONSENSE
Ultimate plan I'm reticent somewhat to take up	TERMINAL
Understands it's stated patient individual requires cosmetic surgery	NOSEJOB
What fencers may use for protection?	CREOSOTE