The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 01

crossword answers
Clue Answer
LESSEN REDUCE
OLD WRITER SCRIBE
Stiff and shiny fabric TAFFETA
The Laughing ____, 1967 David Bowie song GNOME
Alluring person's frenetic, topless dancing ENTICER
Bank official rings Head of Eurobank REEF
Beer drained by Republicans – it's bitter! BRRR
Maybe Holly's husband stuck behind large vehicle BUSH
My hotel in Med resort in coastal route CORNICHE
Sewage initially disappearing after a flush AFFLUENT
Corpulent friar's bound for confectionery store TUCKSHOP
Three bananas, round or straight? HETERO
Communicate false info about mafiosi, periodically LIAISE
Volte-face from old chap in Parisian street entrance ENAMOUR
SEE 22 DOWN SCOTIA
TWO-WHEELER BICYCLE
VOCABULARY LEXICON
European country's sea unfortunately full of trash ESPANA
In Minsk etc., so-so tours a problem for traveller MOTIONSICKNESS
Source of colour PIGMENT
Students getting job after good result of degree in letters FIRSTCLASSPOST
Shoplifting, say THEFT
PERFECT EXAMPLE EPITOME
One's known for it TRADEMARK
Silly mesh hot pants for a consumer of garments CLOTHESMOTH
MAINTENANCE UPKEEP
HIGH ANXIETY ANGST
FRAMEWORK STRUCTURE
Online commenter's weight has someone laughing about it TWITTERER
Louder individual welcomed among rabble SHOWIER
Belly or ballet? DANCE
Spat on celebs one caught promoting social inequality FEUDALISTIC
How annoying! RATS
Playing our piano, starts to compose concerto for horn CORNUCOPIA
Spanish grocer BODEGA
Two lots of Greek letters containing a rhetorical device CHIASMUS
Speaker's standpoint ROSTRUM
Nottinghamshire market town NEWARK
SLIGHTLY ABIT
Deflating fees (anag) – not helpful SELFDEFEATING
BIGOTED SORT REDNECK
Aerospace engineering – it's complicated ROCKETSCIENCE