The Guardian 2024 02 17 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
UK entertainment industry union	EQUITY
The spirit child narrator of Ben Okri's The Famished Road	AZARO
TOUCH	AFFECT
Particular stage in a process	PHASE
OUGHT TO	SHOULD
__ Hussain, former England cricket captain	NASSER
Canadian law enforcer	MOUNTIE
The type of acquaintance not to be forgotten on New Year's eve?	AULD
Patron saint of beekeepers and lovers	VALENTINE
CLOUT	LEVERAGE
Fictional county in which Thomas Hardy set several novels	WESSEX
French city whose burghers were sculpted by Rodin?	CALAIS
Saleem __, narrator of Rushdie's Midnight's Children	SINAI
__ Malter, narrator of Chaim Potok's The Chosen	REUVEN
Playful piece of classical music	SCHERZO
The __, borough of New York City	BRONX
Ribblehead or Glenfinnan, for example	VIADUCT
Token (amount)	NOMINAL
LEGENDARY	FAMOUS
Worn and neglected	TATTY
Clip, chain or chase?	PAPER
Term used to describe poorer neighbourhoods in Brazil	FAVELA
Indian state, capital Gandhinagar	GUJARAT
The Bosnian capital	SARAJEVO
Lad's badge (anag) – one of two on horseback	SADDLEBAG
FALL	OVERBALANCE
The narrator of Rachel Cusk's novels, Outline, Transit and Kudos	FAYE
Unimaginative, routine	PROSAIC
Device enabling photographs to be taken in poor light	FLASHGUN
Indian fried pastry snack	SAMOSA
It may be junk – or first class?	MAIL
Salad whose ingredients include romaine lettuce, anchovies and parmesan cheese	CAESAR
(Informal) UK resident	BRIT
CHAOS	BEDLAM
BLANK	IGNORE
The Croatian capital	ZAGREB
Revolutionary doctrine created by Vladimir Ulyanov	LENINISM
The narrator for much of Melville's Moby-Dick	ISHMAEL

UK entertainment industry union

EQUITY

The spirit child narrator of Ben Okri's The Famished Road

AZARO

TOUCH

AFFECT

Particular stage in a process

PHASE

OUGHT TO

SHOULD

__ Hussain, former England cricket captain

NASSER