The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 18

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Little character shown by husband in corporation occupying permanent residence TOMTHUMB
AMOUNT BY WHICH IMPORTS EXCEED EXPORTS TRADEGAP
Musical compositions to practise specific skills ETUDES
Main country for monster MEDUSA
Vulnerable type meeting bird SITTINGDUCK
What cake-makers do BAKE
MENDACIOUS LYING
Machine gun dude fed to a Scot surreptitiously STACCATO
UNCONVINCING FARFETCHED
What academics do RESEARCH
Curved line on a musical score SLUR
LESS COMMON RARER
British or Brittas ___ EMPIRE
Explosive device in birdcage, say? BOOBYTRAP
Dish of rice, eggs and fish KEDGEREE
LARGE HOUSE MANSION
OPPOSED TO ANTI
SMALL MARK FLECK
Movement of turntable perhaps derailing train too ROTATION
Issue securing pile, able to click into place SNAPON
ARTIST'S WORKPLACE STUDIO
Cook insufficiently UNDERDO
Tick caught by mite cut in half BISECT
American diver – turkey, dodo or drongo? LOON
Activity to get strangers talking ICEBREAKER
Messaging device PAGER
Music genre, 'ouse arising EMO
Thief looking at gull from behind LOOTER
Home of fried chicken and pork pie for pop icon KYLIE
HIRED ENGAGED
SYCOPHANTS YESMEN
Very exciting RIPROARING
Those from outskirts of 21 across on posh carriage LANDAU
Bird sanctuary foreign to herons HENROOST
Canary, relative of 8 down? STOOLPIGEON
That is an expression of pain in 16 down? TOWIT
Cricket side takes part of wicket out for a while? ONBAIL
AVARICE CUPIDITY
DISSOLUTE MAN RAKE
Swift – doing what it does? FLYING
Defective directive defended by agent FLAWED
Parrot perhaps – when sick? DICKYBIRD
Blood sport FOXHUNTING