The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2023 06 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Backside clean on reflection? It's what sycophants do BUTTERUP
EXHAUSTED ALLIN
HOODWINK BAMBOOZLE
Compensate for not filming OFFSET
Lacking in power UNABLE
Mountain in African country BENIN
Exaggerate — blow up INFLATE
Office worker's usual finishing time? FIVE
Tied agricultural worker in feudal times SERF
Unrealistic hope — ie charm (anag) CHIMERA
Barking resident in bank grabbing boob TERRIER
Crease new material LINEN
Cross-talking Liam's chance to act in Shakespearean troupe RUDEMECHANICALS
Cup tie, if lost, will be momentous SEMINAL
Merlot ace (anag) — a recent arrival LATECOMER
OPAQUE UNCLEAR
CELEBRATIONS REVELS
APPROXIMATE INEXACT
CARD GAME FOR TWO PIQUET
Fervent partisan ZEALOT
COVETOUS ENVIOUS
Potential sequence of events SCENARIO
REMINDER AIDEMEMOIRE
Does it make for lower profits? CASHCOW
Reader's handiwork? PALMISTRY
Thrilled to bits (informal) CHUFFED
Echo understood about Narcissus finally — he loves himself EGOTIST
DINE AT HOME EATIN
That's nonsense! COBBLERS
'Not so clever', old Beatty said to employer OBTUSER
Politician in love trio's outed as a fake IMPOSTOR
Luxurious — soft material PLUSH
Expecting trouble put: 'That man's no good!' UPTHEDUFF
Country bumpkin takes a wife in Scottish town HAWICK
I nearly forgot about one very dodgy dealer SPIV
Romeo visiting club is hot stuff — capital! BRATISLAVA
Working comrades taking a drink CREAMSODA