The Guardian Cryptic Mar 3 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,071 - March 3 2020 - Answers

Clues	Answers
Ancient city, or a new one adopted by charity	ANTIOCH
Beset by trouble, one's bordering on careless almost	INEXTREMIS
Bill claims Republican is irritating	GRATES
Blame guy for disruption __ pest!	MEALYBUG
City have negligible backing? Not entirely!	GENEVA
City which's announced bid	COVENTRY
Desire for union to accept current offer, see	LIBIDO
Detective Murphy talking __ he's in sole charge	DICTATOR
Finished digging? My congratulations!	WELLDONE
Flipping sniffer dog slips lead but doesn't give up	GOESON
Force to cut back __ cool	POLICE
Hello admits shocking treatment __ celeb initially furious	HECTIC
Henry going: 'The price is different and this might prove it'	RECEIPT
In yet another way, describing queen the greatest example of this?	INEQUALITY
Keeping Iron Cross under cover	ROOFED
Making good progress over puzzle finally __ tend to be a far from lateral thinker	ONETRACK
Old girl's an unexpectedly key associate of 4	DOLLARSIGN
Our great leader shortly to reveal this dishonest scheme	PUTUPJOB
Over 50 in substantial English force	OBLIGE
Policy reversal __ what's afoot?	FLIP
Quack, quack! Duck walks in at the start	HOMEOPATHS
See 10	FLOP
See 14	MIND
Setter rolling in money mostly keeps working __ not being serious!	IRONIC
Shocks skinhead graffiti artists	STAGGERS
Shut up a second! B___ stopping? I hope he is	GASBAG
The last, not the first __ great	MEGA
Young lady's cheating boyfriend finally kicked out (row overheard)	FRAULEIN