The Guardian 2023 04 12 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Mineral water finally on a table as fluid	ALABASTER
Ask to sit	POSE
COMMITTEE HEAD	CHAIR
Nonmetallic element used as a semiconductor in transistors	SILICON
Idle — common sense	LOAF
PM once ignoring head of Treasury to protect Welsh woman and foreign nationals?	RUSSIANS
Source of great irritation	PAININTHENECK
SHINE	EXCEL
PIN number 1150?	NAIL
CONFUSE	NONPLUS
Cold pudding	TRIFLE
Winged goddess of victory	NIKE
___ Bell, Emily Brontë's pen name	ELLIS
TENSE UP	STIFFEN
Veiled legend in grand finale	ENDING
Start of 21 badly needs a wash, extremely dirty	ASHWEDNESDAY
Reliable Tory trading gold for iron oxide?	TRUSTY
Picasso and Braque, for instance	CUBISTS
Guard's company	SCREW
Altruistic behaviour	SELFSACRIFICE
Fruity red and triple sec seen drunk in style	DRESSSENSE
Offering beautiful countryside views	SCENIC
Essentially gifted and advanced	LENT
REPEAT	ITERATE
Increasingly powerful	ASCENDANT
Curse? He'll go red	BLOODY
Medical device for reading pet barcodes?	CATSCANNER
Opening of cinema features parts of films	CLIPS
Cleaner tackles little boy's chamber	BEDROOM
Mini racing cars	GOKARTS
../-./.../.--././-.-./-/---/.-. ?	MORSE
WEIGH UP	ASSESS
ROTATE	REVOLVE
Sophisticated magazine	COSMOPOLITAN
JINX	CURSE
CONSEQUENCES	AFTERMATH
Spooner's hirsute man in prayer	HAILMARY
Rich and glamorous travellers	JETSET
Yorkshire city, where Alan Bennett was born	LEEDS
One travelling down Amazon, perhaps	DRIVER
Sid's organ playing 'Stop' and 'Roundabout'?	ROADSIGNS
TRAVESTY	CHARADE
Wanting independence, instructs naughty pets in parts of church	TRANSEPTS
CANOPY	AWNING

Mineral water finally on a table as fluid

ALABASTER

Ask to sit

POSE

COMMITTEE HEAD

CHAIR

Nonmetallic element used as a semiconductor in transistors

SILICON

Idle — common sense

LOAF

PM once ignoring head of Treasury to protect Welsh woman and foreign nationals?

RUSSIANS