The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2023 09 05

crossword answers
Clue Answer
I need source of metal, Al? Wrong! LEAD
ASTUTE CLEVER
ARTIFICIAL ERSATZ
NONSENSE GIBBERISH
FACADE VENEER
Army rank above colonel BRIGADIER
BREAKFAST FOOD CEREAL
Lively and energetic SPRIGHTLY
___ Gwyn, actress and Charles II's mistress, d. 1687 NELL
Venetian transport operator GONDOLIER
Like a deficient cellist maybe, carrying on regardless UNBOWED
SEAMSTER SEWER
SEE 24 ACROSS EYED
Think much of Paul? REVERE
Rubbish ex-PM, creating upset DISMAY
Expert awfully nice about financial gain? The opposite PROFICIENT
Stone tool in hotel ground NEOLITH
MAKE PRETTIER EMBELLISH
Little bird — one finally given tag EAGLET
Urban areas designated for specific or restricted purposes PRECINCTS
ADVANTAGE EDGE
DESICCATED ARID
JOB TASK
Cardi B or Tupac, for example RAPPER
Central African country and lake CHAD
Grilled 'sur l'herbe'? BARBECUED
Palindromic system for determ­ining an object's location RADAR
Backward boy, not about to become a chemist DALTON
Woman very old to get married? It's not admitted UNAVOWED
SEE 10 MINE
Fond of sitting still SEDENTARY
This is one! CLUE
ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING VAPING
Versatile newspaper's feature — a relay race? SPLITRUN
Hospital executive is such a gossip TALEBEARER
FANATIC ZEALOT
Being put out, goad union's dinosaurs IGUANODONS
Clever move possible to get voucher? COUPON
College gym by end of term in financial difficulties? PEMBROKE
Don't attach much importance to power — give up PLAYDOWN
Bits and ___ BOBS
School group getting a toy package TRAINSET
Stops Shakespeare's Peter being heard? QUINTS
Strangeness seen in a time where deceit is hidden ALIENAGE
An eleven dismissed, not half worried ANXIOUS
Rebels in 'shocking units' led by soldiers REVOLTS