The Guardian 2024 02 17 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Device enabling photographs to be taken in poor light	FLASHGUN
OUGHT TO	SHOULD
Particular stage in a process	PHASE
FALL	OVERBALANCE
Lad's badge (anag) – one of two on horseback	SADDLEBAG
It may be junk – or first class?	MAIL
Indian fried pastry snack	SAMOSA
Clip, chain or chase?	PAPER
Canadian law enforcer	MOUNTIE
The narrator of Rachel Cusk's novels, Outline, Transit and Kudos	FAYE
(Informal) UK resident	BRIT
BLANK	IGNORE
CLOUT	LEVERAGE
__ Hussain, former England cricket captain	NASSER
The __, borough of New York City	BRONX
The type of acquaintance not to be forgotten on New Year's eve?	AULD
Patron saint of beekeepers and lovers	VALENTINE
Saleem __, narrator of Rushdie's Midnight's Children	SINAI
Salad whose ingredients include romaine lettuce, anchovies and parmesan cheese	CAESAR
Revolutionary doctrine created by Vladimir Ulyanov	LENINISM
The spirit child narrator of Ben Okri's The Famished Road	AZARO
The narrator for much of Melville's Moby-Dick	ISHMAEL
LEGENDARY	FAMOUS
The Croatian capital	ZAGREB
Ribblehead or Glenfinnan, for example	VIADUCT
Token (amount)	NOMINAL
UK entertainment industry union	EQUITY
Unimaginative, routine	PROSAIC
Worn and neglected	TATTY
The Bosnian capital	SARAJEVO
Term used to describe poorer neighbourhoods in Brazil	FAVELA
__ Malter, narrator of Chaim Potok's The Chosen	REUVEN
Indian state, capital Gandhinagar	GUJARAT
French city whose burghers were sculpted by Rodin?	CALAIS
Fictional county in which Thomas Hardy set several novels	WESSEX
CHAOS	BEDLAM
TOUCH	AFFECT
Playful piece of classical music	SCHERZO

Device enabling photographs to be taken in poor light

FLASHGUN

OUGHT TO

SHOULD

Particular stage in a process

PHASE

FALL

OVERBALANCE

Lad's badge (anag) – one of two on horseback

SADDLEBAG

It may be junk – or first class?

MAIL