The Guardian - Crossword Answers | 2024 05 24

crossword answers
Clue Answer
INUNDATED OVERRUN
MORAL DECLINE DECADENCE
STUDY OF FOSSILS PALAEONTOLOGY
Old watch chain FOB
MANICURIST'S TOOL FILE
IN SHOCK FLABBERGASTED
HIDDEN SECRETED
DESIRE YEARNING
Book pages LEAVES
BEFORE PRIORTO
Play it slowly LARGO
Tall plant support BEANPOLE
Settle clue for bark PAYUP
Shaped primarily like a star ASTRAL
Spearhead stolen from tyrant's warehouse DEPOT
Tea and a smile in distress CHAGRIN
The Sun, for one, may be a bit loud and non-U TABLOID
Unreliable obsessive hiding cryptic code finally left ANECDOTAL
SEE 12 FRANKLIN
SEE 23 BYPASS
STRONGLY URGE ENJOIN
Speculative behaviour BETTING
RATIONALE LOGIC
Save peeled grocer's fruit AVOCADO
Analyse pretty top and bottom PARSE
Mean – and drunk TIGHT
Bag up very cautious bird CASSOWARY
It's a tip PIGPEN
Insect's super-sensitive part ANTENNA
Decoration for military march is cheap stuff as well TATTOO
I say, why me, being sent back to a rogue school? ACADEMY
Fixed (an election, say) RIGGED
Find two on a wicket BAIL
Mrs Sprat does talk CHEWTHEFAT
Bungled dive BELLYFLOP
No need to make fun of such desperate pleas for demise SELFPARODYING
Rock managed in-house GRANITE