The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2023 12 12

crossword answers
Clue Answer
Bald or bad? PATCH
Battery power CHARGE
Catastrophic situation ABYSS
Clover (unluckily?) TREFOIL
Hilly wine-growing region of central Tuscany CHIANTI
HUNT FOR FOOD FORAGE
IN CONCLUSION LASTLY
INFORM APPRISE
Jane Asher or Damian Lewis, for instance REDHEAD
Lambast – fault in me (anag) FULMINATE
Pointy-leaved succulent, such as one used to make tequila AGAVE
Shy and retiring TIMID
Undertaker's cover-up? SHROUD
#smartandstylish SHARP
Can book start to produce leads? PRESERVE
Cast ultimately drowned out by quiet beat THRESH
English university announced sport in different location ELSEWHERE
Firm conned about contracts essentially HARD
Focus on pitch and contract TARGET
Gas energy helping to avoid type of electricity generation HYDROGEN
Henry VIII's position of influence HEIGHT
Lie about half of unmarried women on offer MISREPRESENT
Old part of bible was originally banned in foreign lands OVERSEAS
Special moment for you and me announced HOUR
Start of Irish National led by champion horse HEROIN
Suspect had row about attachment ADHESION
US sportsman's flying visit? SHORTSTOP
Want curtains covering entrance to room DEARTH
We do it up, somehow producing 12d WIPEDOUT
TAKING INTO CUSTODY DETAINING
WOLFS DOWN SCOFFS
Strong cannabis GANJA
STARE AT EYEBALL
Split (in two) FORKED
Waste (away) FRITTER
TRACE GLIMMER
Polecat fur FITCH
Noble gas, Rn RADON
Punishes my refusal about accepting sanctimonious creature WHIPSCORPION
Human beings agree at an intellectual level MENTALLY
Curse year in which writers brought up manipulative treatment OSTEOPATHY
Use it to see who's calling SPYHOLE
Indian prime minister, 1947-1964 NEHRU