The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2020 11 23

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Heads of education department guarantee exam advantage EDGE
Start to scrub grease stain SOIL
Persuasive doctor to queen crossing line ELOQUENT
COUPLE DUO
Cry (informal) BLUBBER
UNFORTUNATE ILLFATED
Holiday vessel said to belong to its staff CRUISESHIP
This school once was sanctioned APPROVED
Cleaner bizarrely dug his in-law quip WASHINGUPLIQUID
Domestic animals eating small bugs PESTS
REMOTE SETTLEMENT OUTPOST
Red Reg slurps contains sediment DREGS
SOUND RECORDING AUDIO
SOUP SPOON LADLE
Well-matched piece of pure quality EQUAL
STRING TWINE
Separate — component PART
SWIVEL TURN
Seas to rise and move rapidly SPEED
Embrace beau? SQUEEZE
Source of petroleum as strand is developed TARSANDS
Two articles about tense letter THETA
Clean up — noted at cinema (anag) DECONTAMINATE
Former partner flexible about contact initially — it can be understood EXPLICABLE
Wasted young lady to hedge bet finally MISSPENT
Attempts to include old people in party TORIES
First person in France to accept passable pun? JOKE
A wearing sort of business RAGTRADE
Folk hero is to steal, wearing mask ROBINHOOD
Cover up includes ultimate appeal to perform several jobs MULTITASK
SUGGESTIVE REDOLENT
SHELTERED SPOT NOOK
Bedevilled groups spend oddly POSSESSED
Leader browses regularly BOSS
No longer apprehensive of grammatical term PASTTENSE
Women pine regularly for young men's embrace LADIES
At a bargain price FORASONG
Dragon is ridiculously slow, for one ROADSIGN
LIVE IN INHABIT
SIMILAR ALIKE
Only a stretch of water MERE
PART OF A DRUM BRAKE SHOE
A home key AFLAT
Wonders of flower returned by gutted pharaoh PHENOMENA
Heartless creature is worst BEST
SMIDGEN TAD
Refuse to disallow capturing rook BRAN
Bishop once said to be struggling DIOCESAN
Wayward word uttered by hopeful setting out to claim love? SLIPOFTHETONGUE
ALWAYS FRESH EVERGREEN
Destitute person's way of escape from top floor? DOWNANDOUT
Calls loudly and turns to buy drinks? SHOUTS
Press articles on country arrest­ing a small number THEFOURTHESTATE
Blue wife died in parking space BAWDY
AUTOCRATIC RULER POTENTATE
Roughly losing head in a fight BOUT
SOUP DISH TUREEN
Pardon sailor on crack ABSOLVE
Awkward English test I have EMOTIVE
Permits expressions of pain, after all ALLOWS
Not eating a little butter? Well remembered OFFPAT
Went about seeking votes ELECTIONEERED
Plant opiate isn't distributed POINSETTIA
Professional provider of food etc CATERER
IMAGINARY NOTIONAL
In advance, dish out jam PRESERVE
BATTLE ACTION
Cook loyally holds back part of egg YOLK
Spied moving towards lake, scatter DISPEL