The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2023 06 29

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Backside clean on reflection? It's what sycophants do BUTTERUP
Does it make for lower profits? CASHCOW
EXHAUSTED ALLIN
Country bumpkin takes a wife in Scottish town HAWICK
Echo understood about Narcissus finally — he loves himself EGOTIST
Politician in love trio's outed as a fake IMPOSTOR
Cup tie, if lost, will be momentous SEMINAL
Cross-talking Liam's chance to act in Shakespearean troupe RUDEMECHANICALS
Crease new material LINEN
Mountain in African country BENIN
Compensate for not filming OFFSET
Barking resident in bank grabbing boob TERRIER
That's nonsense! COBBLERS
'Not so clever', old Beatty said to employer OBTUSER
Merlot ace (anag) — a recent arrival LATECOMER
Unrealistic hope — ie charm (anag) CHIMERA
Tied agricultural worker in feudal times SERF
Exaggerate — blow up INFLATE
Expecting trouble put: 'That man's no good!' UPTHEDUFF
Reader's handiwork? PALMISTRY
Romeo visiting club is hot stuff — capital! BRATISLAVA
Thrilled to bits (informal) CHUFFED
APPROXIMATE INEXACT
Potential sequence of events SCENARIO
OPAQUE UNCLEAR
I nearly forgot about one very dodgy dealer SPIV
Lacking in power UNABLE
Fervent partisan ZEALOT
Office worker's usual finishing time? FIVE
Luxurious — soft material PLUSH
HOODWINK BAMBOOZLE
COVETOUS ENVIOUS
CELEBRATIONS REVELS
CARD GAME FOR TWO PIQUET
Working comrades taking a drink CREAMSODA
DINE AT HOME EATIN
REMINDER AIDEMEMOIRE