The Guardian 2022 03 01 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
German region we backed way before failure, some might say	WESTPHALIA
Class relied on reform to get aircraft squadrons in France	ESCADRILLES
Award Savage a very low mark for wit	OSCARWILDE
In miniature, because an instrument	REBEC
Note name assumed by wild alpine plant	PERENNIAL
In revolt, mean and tense	UPTIGHT
European bridge: one should start leading hearts	SPANISH
Disease has politician stretched out flat in bed	COMPLAINT
Shaker town holding back migration	TREK
Current undergarment for a woman lacks opening	EDDY
Tending to shake, a bit like a flight case?	QUIVERISH
Brief from foreign leader spreading fake news	FLYING
Very numb	DEAD
Basic failure to meet storytelling quota?	UNDERLYING
Old military leader is well (sadly not internally)	MONTY
Seaside feature: sex initiation plus nude swimming	SANDDUNE
State of great agitation	STEW
Set your sights on a state-backed scholarly environment	ACADEMIA
PAL	CHUM
Last of air removed from high cloud and carbon injected as entertainment	CIRCUS
Leave wrapping right round bird	PARROT
Sporting grannie almost won National	NORWEGIAN
Woman's loose-fitting undergarment	CAMISOLE
Act like a parasite	SPONGE
Tom, Dick or Harry?	ANYONE
Unimportant person describing a weak wine	NOBODY
PARTICIPATING	JOININGIN
Madame in a Puccini opera	BUTTERFLY
FORMAL MIDDAY MEAL	LUNCHEON
Armadillo's articulated body marking	TATOU
YOUNG GOATS	KIDS
EXTREME POVERTY	PENURY
SOLIDIFIED LAVA USED AS AN ABRASIVE	PUMICE
AFTERNOON REST	SIESTA
Root vegetable producing sugar	BEET
MEDITERRANEAN ISLAND	SICILY
LENT A HAND	HELPEDOUT
ESCARGOTS	SNAILS
BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND	COTTONON

German region we backed way before failure, some might say

WESTPHALIA

Class relied on reform to get aircraft squadrons in France

ESCADRILLES

Award Savage a very low mark for wit

OSCARWILDE

In miniature, because an instrument

REBEC

Note name assumed by wild alpine plant

PERENNIAL

In revolt, mean and tense

UPTIGHT