The Guardian 2021 07 01 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Very dark comedy	GALLOWSHUMOUR
A comedy show about to drop pet cat	PUMA
Child's hero follows papa as a minister	PREACHER
Greek goddess accepting one of her characters as mistress	HETAERA
Inserting end of chisel, make bigger hole in sphere	REALM
No Tolkien character gets backing to sing	CROON
Run over me, stopping short as a favour	ROSETTE
Trick ref and get United flying — on a roll	SUBTERFUGE
Turn cross, receiving hard riddle from one	SPHINX
Unequally carve up goose, madly merry tucking in	GERRYMANDER
University department failing to employ Conservative	FACULTY
What operators wear in prison?	SCRUBS
Wickedness accepted by rich man: time to sell up	DISINVEST
UNPRINCIPLED	AMORAL
Units of an academic year	TERMS
Unit of frequency	HERTZ
THEREFORE	ERGO
Temporary stand-in	LOCUM
TABOO	ANATHEMA
Sing carols from house to house	WASSAIL
Playful primate	CHIMPANZEE
Kind of woman's shoe	STILETTO
Cosmetic powder (abbr)	TALC
Composition for voices and orchestra based on a religious text	ORATORIO
Archbishop of Cape Town, 1986-96	TUTU
Newton was to emerge to get into motion	GEOMETER
A High Wind in Jamaica?	CYCLONE
SUPERCILIOUSNESS	CONDESCENSION
May baby's nature appear at first unusual?	TAUREAN
Festival — it lifted a Roman province	GALATIA
Dessert's up: at last spoon out and get a move on	GIDDUP
Absurd imitation	MOCKERY
Repeated aloud	RECITED
Stringed instruments (abbr)	UKES
Those against?	ANTIS
What makes page dirty? A sort of bonk-lit	INKBLOT
Swedish scientist is retired tennis champion	SIEVERT

Very dark comedy

GALLOWSHUMOUR

A comedy show about to drop pet cat

PUMA

Child's hero follows papa as a minister

PREACHER

Greek goddess accepting one of her characters as mistress

HETAERA

Inserting end of chisel, make bigger hole in sphere

REALM

No Tolkien character gets backing to sing

CROON