The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2020 05 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
16th-century music distracted capital over half a century MADRIGAL
SERVANT ATTENDANT
DECOMPOSE ROT
Military exercises that started to link two countries in 1988 DRILLING
SCARY FRIGHTENING
ELABORATELY DECORATED ORNATE
THE WRONG WAY ROUND BACKTOFRONT
UNDERSIDE BOTTOM
FUN STARTING IN 1913 IRRITATED A LOT LEFT OUT CROSSWORD
OBSERVED NOTED
Prepares for 2027 and 2029, for example PRIMES
DISPERSED IN MASS BURIAL IN 1666 ANNUS
SHORT STORY? NOVELETTE
BE INDEBTED (TO) OWE
LARGE AND SHOWY LATIN AMERICAN PARROT MACAW
GESTURE OF AGREEMENT NOD
Plant, during historical period, run inside spy organisation CINERARIA
GEORDIE TYNESIDER
CVS RESUMES
VANILLA-FLAVOURED FIZZY DRINK CREAMSODA
PERSON ATTRACTING A LARGE AUDIENCE CROWDPULLER
CONTEST VIE
CAUSING HARM DETRIMENTAL
COORDINATE TIEIN
By the sound of it, a Channel Island providing oversea refuge in 1746 SKYE
WARM TOASTY
NAPPING ASLEEP
TWO-MASTED SAILING VESSEL KETCH
HISTORICAL TAX FOR ONE JOINING UNION IN 1707 SCOT
LECHEROUS RACIST MISBEHAVING AROUND END OF CENTURY SATYRIC
MP IN 1983, INITIALLY, HE WAS RECALLED FOR 1984 BLAIR
MALE, HAVING NO HEART ABOUT MIDDLE OF 60S, WAS INTIMIDATING HECTORED
LIKE SOME NUMBERS, WITHIN MODERATION ALWAYS RATIONAL
TAKES OFF A ROMANTIC AUTHOR (1795-1821) KEATS
AGREEMENT COMMEMORATED IN 2015 REVISED AS ACT (ANAGRAM) MAGNA
HINT, HAVING BOOK SET IN 1728, SAY CUBE
PRESERVE COMMERCIAL AREA IN COUNTRY SINCE 1867 CANADA
PROPERTIES SPLIT AMONG PEOPLE IN 1117 TIMESHARES
ARTICLE PENNED BY SECOND-CENTURY BISHOP, ONE UNDERMINING UNION SCAB
FRANCE'S EXTREMELY DATED MONARCH, UNWELCOME VISITOR TRESPASSER
SINCE 1882, IT MARKS SUCCESS IN TESTS FOR TREES ASHES
SOURCE OF NEWS HEARD IN 1045 AND 1115, FOR INSTANCE TIMES
OPENING OF GAMES AT SCOTTISH TOWN THAT GOT OFF TO FLYING START IN 1930 GATWICK
NOTED RUNNERS FROM PREVIOUS ERA HURRYING BACK HARES
IN 2001 HE COMPUTED A BIT LESS THAN 45 MINUTES? HAL
YOUNG CHILD TODDLER
Firearm's range — no thugs (anag) GUNSHOT
Plot aim (anag) — most favourable OPTIMAL
Small rescue vessel, in 1945, lib­erated part of the British Isles SARK
PARTS OF EVERY YEAR PRODUCE CONFUSION, SO TO SPEAK DAYS
LIKE HUNDREDS OF DATES ACCEPTED BY MALE SINGER, AMERICAN TOUGH GUY BADASS
EVE OF HISTORIC EVENT IN 1916, FOR WHICH DATE'S VARYING WITH YEAR EASTERDAY
FROM 2020, PRODUCES SCORES IN SECTIONS OVER SHORT TIME BISECTS
SEE 26 MIRABILIS
Call number set up, like a moment­ous step taken in 1969? ONEMAN
THEY'RE OUT EVERY YEAR, YOU SAID, BREAKING RECORDS ANNUALS
SEE 20 CARTA