The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2019 05 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
FABRIC STIFFENER STARCH
RELATIVE SPEED (OF PROGRESS) RATE
HOLDS IN CUSTODY HAVING BROKEN UP ARMS DEN REMANDS
Meeting point for attack on Italian club INTERFACE
BRAID PLAIT
LIKE METRO TO TRAVEL A DISTANCE KILOMETRE
LEADER DRUNK PINK GIN KINGPIN
CULTIVATED PLANT OF THE GENUS DELPHINIUM LARKSPUR
IN REAR LIMB, LARGE SCAB BLACKLEG
FALL ASLEEP NODOFF
EXTRAVAGANT POET? SPENDER
ONLINE DISCUSSION OF WEAK SETTING FOR BACH VARIATION WEBCHAT
THOSE PEOPLE STAND OVER TIMELESS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PLAYERS' PROBLEM THEYIPS
THE FIRST COLOUR? GOLD
RESULT OF OPERATION OF PRISON SEWER? MAILBAG
ENORMOUS PAIR OF SOLDIERS GIANT
BOOK SILENT NIGHT, FOR ONE ACHRISTMASCAROL
STRANGER PICKED UP BESIDE STATION SEAT POSTERIOR
COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN KAPUT
FIRSTLY, ACTION IS THE FRENCH APPROACH IN THE THEATRE AISLE
Step into A&E, Fred! ASTAIRE
PARTNER BRIEFLY I USED TO CONNECT WITH WIFI
FAT COW MESSING IN BACK ROW REVEALS SOMETHING SPECIAL WOWFACTOR
Argument about learner having crashed by the sound of it SPLAT
ENTHUSIAST I DRESSED IN FLOWING CAFTAN FANATIC
GRAB WOMAN WHO'S ON THE STREETS BAGLADY
EUROPEAN GOT IN A TAILSPIN ITALIAN
LLOYD WEBBER MUSICAL EVITA
RIDGE OF SAND DUNE
LEADING COUNSEL HOPEFUL AS SUIT ENTERS COURT CHASE
COVERS SPEECHES WITHOUT COMMERCIAL INTRODUCTION DRESSES
Copy line in saga that artist has adopted REPLICA
CHINWAG NATTER
SORT OF WEIRD MALE WHO FEATURES IN THE BIBLE ISHMAEL
ELOQUENT AND PLAUSIBLE SILVERTONGUED
INTENSE AND AWFULLY RUDE, BUT WELL GROOMED MANICURED
Idolatry (anag) — with skill ADROITLY
IS IT PLAYED BY ROMANTIC SPECULATORS? FOOTSIE
ATTRACTIVE CAVE REACHED ROUND RIVER GROTTO
SWEARS AT AREA TRANSPORT ABUSES
AREA OF HIGH LEVEL GROUND PLATEAU
CHECK IN WITH A MATE CHINA
BE A SOLDIER WITHOUT SLEEVES, DO WE HEAR? BEARARMS
IT IS DRAWN OUT FOR ONE SUPPORTING EVOLUTION DARWINIST
RECIPE INGREDIENTS X-RAYED, SUSPICIOUSLY FOUND ACROSS MOTORWAY READYMIX
1941 FILM ABOUT A YOUNG CIRCUS ELEPHANT BORN WITH LARGE EARS DUMBO
Back section of laser-based weapon SABRE
Rotten worker — and so rude! OFFHAND
REDWOOD SEQUOIA
ILLEGAL AGAINSTTHELAW
Pretty ordinary, yet oddly mourned, painter MUNDANE
BOND ACTOR, ROGER, D. 2017 MOORE
DESSERT CREATED BY SMALL PROGRAM WITH SKILL APPLETART
STILL RELAXING ATREST
BREAK TIME AT SCHOOL? HALFTERM
OMITTED LEFTOUT
Run through Cumbria, say — it's rural COUNTRY
CARESS FONDLE
DATED LOVER ALLOWING NO ROOM TO MOVE STALEMATE
Tough position — perhaps as a result of lying? HOTSEAT
BOOK MALE UNSEEN THEINVISIBLEMAN
SOME CORAL WITH A HEAVY PRICE ATOLL
EVER SO VERY
SORT OF HOUSE, NOTHING SECRET WHEN IN IT PUBLIC
TAKE SHORT RUN WITH ADDICT TROUSER
Dull rhyming couplet — that's one word for it HUMDRUM
NATIVE AMERICAN AXE TOMAHAWK
WISDOM IN TOWN WITH ELDERLY TOURISTS? SAGACITY
SHOCK AS CANAL SIDES CRUMBLE SCANDALISE
SCATTER DISPERSE
ENCLOSE SNUGLY EMBED
FIRST IN LINE NEXT
JUDGE'S JOB IS TEDIOUS TRYING
FRESHWATER FISH ROACH
ONE LOOKING FOR A LIFT AFTER HITCH HIKER
MOTHER'S REQUEST FOR SILK DAMASK
Put off changing temperature to Fahrenheit — it's really just the same DETER
LIGHTEST METALLIC ELEMENT LITHIUM
NO BAME PERSON WOULD SPIN SUCH A HARMLESS STORY WHITELIE
MUSLIM WOMEN'S VEIL NIQAB
BOUND TO COVER SLIP, IF ALARMED TERRIFIED
HIDE ELITE TO PROVIDE PROTECTION FROM SURFACE DAMAGE SKINCREAM
TART WITH DESIRE TO EMBRACE EGYPTIAN POISONER WASPISH
THINKING TIMID AGENT NEEDS REPLACING MEDITATING
ENCOURAGES SPURS FANS FUELS
IN CONTROL AS WELL AT THE SUMMIT ONTOPOF