The Guardian 2023 12 15 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Quietest car ad (anag) – it's not an instant hit	ACQUIREDTASTE
Person who must be obeyed?	SHE
Mike's spoken message	MORAL
FIXED	CONSTANT
SEE 1	SELLYOU
First Russian tsar	IVAN
An organisation's more extreme members	LUNATICFRINGE
Coerce – a drongo (anag)	DRAGOON
Caught taking type of acid – I'm involved bringing about resolution	CLIMACTIC
Cheeky angel representation	GENAL
Perhaps why issue's raised in political show	QUESTIONTIME
Boring, rubbish kind of humour	DEADPAN
Sounds tremulous	QUAVERS
One might go off-piste	SKIER
It'll fill a hole	SEALANT
Cheap and poor-quality	SHODDY
SILLY FOOL	ASS
LUCKY CHARM	TALISMAN
Hidden diamonds in country ( 5)	PERDU
VERY OBSERVANT	EAGLEEYED
BAREFOOT	UNSHOD
Alice, brass or garage?	BAND
One's on drugs	USER
Not much money in bank lately	RECENTLY
Listening intently – debt's twice changed hands	ALLEARS
ORIGIN	PEDIGREE
Half a shandy	BEER
GENEROUS	BOUNTIFUL
Farce! Set right Truss's mismanagement – it's likely to be painful	STRESSFRACTURE
RESPECT	ESTEEM
Singer and presenter Richard getting naked	ADELE
Rita's broken bones	TARSI
Sort of ironic about Stimpy's original canine companion	INCISOR
Told off sleeping judge?	BERATED
Unlikely end to Tory do, eh – Cleverly shouted at Hunt	TALLYHOED
Typically French	GALLIC
Bible readings	LESSONS
Pop Idol segue highly praised	EULOGISED
REVEAL (A SECRET)	LETON
Arabic term, origin 'decide a point of law'	FATWA
CAKE EMBELLISHMENT	ICING
Having lost tablets, unfortunately, late leaving for jaunt	GALLIVANT
FINAL PHASE	TWILIGHT
Bird nightly entertains returning primate	INDRI

Quietest car ad (anag) – it's not an instant hit

ACQUIREDTASTE

Person who must be obeyed?

SHE

Mike's spoken message

MORAL

FIXED

CONSTANT

SEE 1

SELLYOU

First Russian tsar

IVAN