The Guardian 2023 06 23 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
People badly affected by anxiety changed 5 down	NEUROTICS
(Of noise) greatly reduce	MUFFLE
COMFY SEAT	ARMCHAIR
Absolute child's play!	BREEZE
Phoney source of fuel in Ireland, you said, is imported	BOGUS
Secure — business	FIRM
CLOSE	NIGH
CAPACITY OF YOUNGSTER TO MATURE	CUBAGE
May be depended on	RELIABLE
Negotiating tactic — IBM pin shrank (anag)	BRINKMANSHIP
Oestrogen or adrenaline, say	HORMONE
Place to chill?	REFRIGERATOR
Architectural style from state on Atlantic	GEORGIAN
Country finally rejecting any possible reason for complaint	GERM
France's negative statement about European gas	NEON
Greek storyteller making front of audience sit up	AESOP
Is able to divide into sections as French or Italian ballad	CANZONE
Plot Haiti conman concocted	MACHINATION
Really stupid 5 down in disarray	CRETINOUS
Some land in Israeli city	ACRE
Fearing Truss (anag) — changes completely	TRANSFIGURES
Containing no milk products	NONDAIRY
Ballet duet	PASDEDEUX
Muscat dome rebuilt to required specifications	CUSTOMMADE
Where to strike a light?	MATCHBOX
BUCOLIC	RURAL
There and back?	ROUNDTRIP
Eerily prompt (anag) — in an overbearing manner	PEREMPTORILY
EXPRESS REGRET	LAMENT
Way in — way out	DOOR
Old record is included in contracts for rock cognoscenti?	GEOLOGISTS
HOLD OUT	PROFFER
Rugs from western part of Persia and instruments from Hawaii	PERUKES
Relatively older Russian in play against a New York ace	VANYA
Edible seaweed from best part of shore I miss in confusion	IRISHMOSS
Book some Italians taking horses across motorway	ROMANS

People badly affected by anxiety changed 5 down

NEUROTICS

(Of noise) greatly reduce

MUFFLE

COMFY SEAT

ARMCHAIR

Absolute child's play!

BREEZE

Phoney source of fuel in Ireland, you said, is imported

BOGUS

Secure — business

FIRM