The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2024 02 20

crossword answers
Clue Answer
DAINTY TWEE
Fly like some insects, or bat FLUTTER
Doesn't finish some panda food LEAVES
Invariably costly meal, it's said, extended by indefinite period LUNCHEON
Ambassador's immersed in European matter in Greek city EPHESUS
STY NOISE OINK
Like husband found in a fornicating situation? ABASHED
FAIR COMELY
FRENCH POLICEMAN GENDARME
GIBBERISH MUMBOJUMBO
GREY AGED
HERB SAGE
Loquacious type CHATTERBOX
Put out eggs – almost leave out scrambled OVULATE
Secure arms from Communist Russia TRUSS
Inflict corporal punishment on kid, for example LEATHER
Start of tribute about stupid Italian poet TASSO
It's not easy catching variety, American counterpart of 24 HARVARD
OPPOSITION SHADOW
On-board scrubber? DECKHAND
Kind of 18, or kind of blue OXFORD
Insulation mineral, as shiny silicate MICA
Sit on and across BESTRIDE
Take it easy! SLOWDOWN
Gorgeous and eye-catching STRIKING
Mark similar to 18, but higher APOSTROPHE
A point above 18 in game before final pass forward SEMICOLON
Maximally exposed, first covering up hole BLEAKEST
CUMMERBUND, FOR EXAMPLE SASH
Climates (anag.) CLEMATIS
CITY IN PAKISTAN LAHORE
BUBBLY CHAMPERS
About to break down ONTHEBLINK
FOOD IN REPAST IS ODDLY DEFICIENT EATS
LARGE WADER IBIS
FLOW REGULATOR STOPCOCK
Minded after power is handed over PRESENTED
Monarch displayed in museum – initially housed show in ground-floor extensions VERANDAHS
Passing white's soaring over grass ELAPSING
Knockout fixture CUPTIE
Teenage miscreant's 'award' ASBO
Add fatty stuff to heart of cabbage, say BUTTER
Put in situation hard to get out of? Possibly, providing one red's OK SNOOKERED
Snaps emerging branches SHOOTS
Tyrannical ruler found in previous answer, after all IVAN
WWII battle STALINGRAD