The Guardian 2024 02 26 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Stupid and awkward, like Pinocchio	WOODEN
Keeping going forward in London, for example	PERTINACITY
Om, say	MANTRA
Hob (male) or jill (female)	FERRET
Firm editor rejected rules	CODE
Compromised goal caused ill feelings	ENDANGERED
Story of inhabitant crossing a river repeatedly	NARRATIVE
From long ago, famous ostrich I slaughtered	HISTORIC
Documented in written form	ONPAPER
Cheer pilot flying aircraft	HELICOPTER
Worry about horse causing bloodshed	CARNAGE
Outside of court commend drill	PRACTISE
Right about time to be worldly	MORTAL
Produce baby animal	BEAR
Fantastic maid gets share of appreciation	ADMIRATION
Gruff dog starting to turn	CURT
Extractor of bits between choppers	TOOTHPICK
Give cheat praise	CONTRIBUTE
SLOGAN	WATCHWORD
DOORWAY	ENTRY
Getting in contact may be concerning	TOUCHING
Passive joiner tweaking cases	INERT
Kitchen appliance from Coventry	OVEN
Heavenly 'belt'	ZODIAC
Abandons doctor before operations	DROPS
DISINTEGRATE	GOTOPOT
CITY IN PAKISTAN	KARACHI
Blot napkin dispersed directly	POINTBLANK
Bladed glider	SKATER
One highly strung in horrid pub, we may hear	VIOLIN
Brooded being upset by insanity somewhere in Australia	TASMANIA
Pause in dangerous activity	LETUP
Laurel's recited a few lines of verse	STANZA
WORN AND SHABBY	TATTY
Animal like a small beaver	COYPU
Comprehensive, even if approximate	THOROUGH
CLAW	TALON
LATE	OVERDUE
Dump and kick creep	TIPTOE
Funds seat of government?	CAPITAL
The French experiment is current	LATEST
Writing about tense traitor getting laid low	PROSTRATE
One accepting an offer	TAKER
Ski-run	SLALOM
Create apprehension, having to remove blossom	DISMAY
Give information about one pet in cooperative	COMMUNICATE
One pinning name tag on animal?	BADGER
Working on self-confidence finally failing, a sickener	POISON
Nimble girls regularly taken in by date	AGILE
Ingenuous doctor autopsied snitch	UNSOPHISTICATED
POND FLOATER	LILYPAD
Alluring sorcery hiding trap	MAGNETIC
One can be intolerant, if one is so minded!	NARROW
GARLICKY MAYO	AIOLI
Install in a role	APPOINT
Avoid manuscript about lives	MISS
It may point to hostile rivalry	NEEDLE
Old private moving around Europe working	OPERATIVE
BABY BIRD	CYGNET
Sailor achieves goals	TARGETS

Stupid and awkward, like Pinocchio

WOODEN

Keeping going forward in London, for example

PERTINACITY

Om, say

MANTRA

Hob (male) or jill (female)

FERRET

Firm editor rejected rules

CODE

Compromised goal caused ill feelings

ENDANGERED