The Guardian 2023 07 28 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Strategist getting to pin down artist in conversation?	TACTICIAN
SEE 21	SOME
CRITICISE SEVERELY	TEAROFFASTRIP
Funky, like an LP?	GROOVY
SEE 20	GOOSE
Weak drink I kept in mind, when heading off	INSIPID
Stylish — bold	DASHING
Johnson crooked, slightly lacking, a whimsical character behind bars?	WILLYWONKA
Instrumental part of some daffodils?	TRUMPET
Where patient may be ahead	ONWARD
ALTER TO FIT	ADAPT
Fine passage from Messiah and so memorable	HAND
Disadvantage: storytelling talent, reportedly?	LIABILITY
Bird: do as might a happy harrier?	WAGTAIL
RESTORE	FRESHEN
Chat informally	NATTER
Salt in plain shellfish	BARNACLE
Designed not to slide	NONSLIP
Cube puzzle creator	RUBIK
Stiff (acting)	WOODEN
Subterfuge	JIGGERYPOKERY
No consolation, promise of luxury at ice hotel?	COLDCOMFORT
A British scam involving English teenagers, say	AGEBRACKET
REPEAT	RECUR
When an operation is scheduled to start	ZEROHOUR
Word expressing a change of state	INTO
Item of furniture for a penny? Cot broken, inevitably	IPSOFACTO
FLOATING MARKER	BUOY
ITALIAN VOLCANO	ETNA
This chap's in bright cap	LIMIT
EMPTY	EVACUATE
Egg layer had nice waves	ECHIDNA
Place where valuables are kept	STRONGROOM
Slim down parliament	DIET
OUTER	EXTERIOR
Practitioner of meditative spiritual discipline	YOGI
Stuff in shortened pain	CRAM
Of Leo, Virgo etc	ZODIACAL
Empty lemonade can designed as a weapon	LANCE
Cunning having stolen goods, not going straight	WIGGLY
Disagreement when liaisons initially too hard?	LOVERSTIFF

Strategist getting to pin down artist in conversation?

TACTICIAN

SEE 21

SOME

CRITICISE SEVERELY

TEAROFFASTRIP

Funky, like an LP?

GROOVY

SEE 20

GOOSE

Weak drink I kept in mind, when heading off

INSIPID