The Guardian 2023 04 12 - Crossword Answers

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

Ask to sit

POSE

Idle — common sense

LOAF

Nonmetallic element used as a semiconductor in transistors

SILICON

COMMITTEE HEAD

CHAIR

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

RUSSIANS

Mineral water finally on a table as fluid

ALABASTER