The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2024 01 18

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