The Guardian 2021 12 27 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
PUNCTUATION MARK	COMMA
Pin I have put in to join sides of raft	RIVET
Pay to get clock, say, put up	REMIT
Sailor's container wrapped in poor paper	RATING
Some splendid artificial flower in Devon	DART
Reveal end of world is not far away	DISCLOSE
Tower officer is no vegetarian	BEEFEATER
Caution for foul play	BOOK
Clover-like plant — Omsk arch (anag)	SHAMROCK
Right away I start fights stupidly	ATFIRSTSIGHT
Juliet's follower?	KILO
Kermit and Jeremy Fisher, say	FROGS
Liverpool Lime Street, for example	STATION
Run repeatedly to bring last message	BYEBYE
TO BOOT	ALSO
A city in Tanganyika, doesn't matter which	ANY
Being old, will droop	WILT
Boodle's mark	BLOT
Brambles not right as an environment for raising wildlife and fools	BAMBOOZLES
Peer at one spitting words in church?	LORDSPRAYER
Dine out on little money? That's vulgar	INDECENT
East German in mature comeback	RIPOSTE
Essential sign in heart oddly ignored	INNER
Group competently curbs rising disorder	ASSEMBLY
Report of floral tribute for ex-BBC head	REITH
No portrait of elaborate lap dances	LAND
Perhaps too bad a mark	APOSTROPHE
These leaders could be real idiots	EDITORIALS
The religious leader crossing river brings drink containers	THERMOSES
Showing Europe's upset about vote	EXPOSURE
Terribly quaint and ultimately obsolete	ANTIQUE
The hapless are to speak	ORATE
Up or down detector	RADAR
Munching hay, animal in high-up region	HIMALAYAN
Writer's book contains clever mixed metaphors	TOMSHARPE
From Limassol?	CYPRIOT
Places where buyers meet sellers	MARKETS
Tiny hero of English folklore	TOMTHUMB
Get going having demolished a meal	LUNCH
Food in pub for needy type?	BEGGAR
Fellow in sparkling entertainment	GENT
Coachmen transported American people	COMANCHE
Material in short letter — broken heart revealed in it	LEATHERETTE
Nice day, on reflection, for correspondent	JOURNO
Powder room makes sleepyhead somehow appear dishevelled	LOOKAMESS
ELATED	EUPHORIC
Brew beer, only half jug	EWER
Working majority of 13 across or 3	TRIO
YUMMY	SCRUMPTIOUS
ENGRAINED DIRT	GRIME
Composed of similar elements	HOMOGENEOUS
SEE 24	SCAPE
Herb — girl's name	ROSEMARY
Legendary ship making a river journey	ARGO
Late decree — ordered to slow down	DECELERATE
Handing over a vehicle	CONVEYANCE
Beam when brat is beaten	TBAR
A group of bosses ready to travel?	ABOARD
CAPITAL OF BELARUS	MINSK
STEALING	LARCENY
CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIONS	FAIRYLIGHTS

PUNCTUATION MARK

COMMA

Pin I have put in to join sides of raft

RIVET

Pay to get clock, say, put up

REMIT

Sailor's container wrapped in poor paper

RATING

Some splendid artificial flower in Devon

DART

Reveal end of world is not far away

DISCLOSE