The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
What cake-makers do BAKE
MENDACIOUS LYING
Machine gun dude fed to a Scot surreptitiously STACCATO
What academics do RESEARCH
British or Brittas ___ EMPIRE
LESS COMMON RARER
AVARICE CUPIDITY
DISSOLUTE MAN RAKE
Swift – doing what it does? FLYING
SMALL MARK FLECK
ARTIST'S WORKPLACE STUDIO
OPPOSED TO ANTI
Activity to get strangers talking ICEBREAKER
Messaging device PAGER
American diver – turkey, dodo or drongo? LOON
Movement of turntable perhaps derailing train too ROTATION
Tick caught by mite cut in half BISECT
Dish of rice, eggs and fish KEDGEREE
LARGE HOUSE MANSION
Parrot perhaps – when sick? DICKYBIRD
Cricket side takes part of wicket out for a while? ONBAIL
That is an expression of pain in 16 down? TOWIT
Curved line on a musical score SLUR
Explosive device in birdcage, say? BOOBYTRAP
UNCONVINCING FARFETCHED
Issue securing pile, able to click into place SNAPON
Defective directive defended by agent FLAWED
Blood sport FOXHUNTING
Cook insufficiently UNDERDO
Vulnerable type meeting bird SITTINGDUCK
Main country for monster MEDUSA
Thief looking at gull from behind LOOTER
HIRED ENGAGED
SYCOPHANTS YESMEN
Very exciting RIPROARING
Those from outskirts of 21 across on posh carriage LANDAU
Bird sanctuary foreign to herons HENROOST
Home of fried chicken and pork pie for pop icon KYLIE
Canary, relative of 8 down? STOOLPIGEON
Music genre, 'ouse arising EMO
Musical compositions to practise specific skills ETUDES
AMOUNT BY WHICH IMPORTS EXCEED EXPORTS TRADEGAP
Little character shown by husband in corporation occupying permanent residence TOMTHUMB