The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
MORAL DECLINE DECADENCE
RATIONALE LOGIC
Decoration for military march is cheap stuff as well TATTOO
IN SHOCK FLABBERGASTED
Fixed (an election, say) RIGGED
Speculative behaviour BETTING
Bag up very cautious bird CASSOWARY
I say, why me, being sent back to a rogue school? ACADEMY
Shaped primarily like a star ASTRAL
Spearhead stolen from tyrant's warehouse DEPOT
The Sun, for one, may be a bit loud and non-U TABLOID
Book pages LEAVES
BEFORE PRIORTO
Tall plant support BEANPOLE
Unreliable obsessive hiding cryptic code finally left ANECDOTAL
Rock managed in-house GRANITE
Play it slowly LARGO
Save peeled grocer's fruit AVOCADO
Insect's super-sensitive part ANTENNA
STUDY OF FOSSILS PALAEONTOLOGY
It's a tip PIGPEN
Tea and a smile in distress CHAGRIN
SEE 12 FRANKLIN
INUNDATED OVERRUN
Analyse pretty top and bottom PARSE
Bungled dive BELLYFLOP
SEE 23 BYPASS
MANICURIST'S TOOL FILE
Mean – and drunk TIGHT
No need to make fun of such desperate pleas for demise SELFPARODYING
STRONGLY URGE ENJOIN
Old watch chain FOB
Settle clue for bark PAYUP
DESIRE YEARNING
Mrs Sprat does talk CHEWTHEFAT
Find two on a wicket BAIL
HIDDEN SECRETED