The Guardian - Cryptic - August 3 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,202 Puzzle - Aug 3 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Breath exhaled from a lush, drunk after swallowing vermouth	HALITUS
Chap beginning to imbibe cocktail	MARTINI
Complaining re Erica's inclusion as a feminist writer	GREER
Complaint about Iris Murdoch's last tart	ARTHRITIS
Defection by saint who gets answer in a bunch of flowers	APOSTASY
Doctor stupidly cuts organ with piles	PLASTICSURGEON
Finally solve Paul's 'Alien with an American shoulder piece'	EPAULET
Hospital doctor's a record holder	REGISTRAR
Jumped in meadow for exercises	LEAPT
Languor shown as female setter ruined duet	LASSITUDE
Lecturer going to a talk about new Australian food	LASAGNA
Misguided betrothal to wet bedfellow?	HOTWATERBOTTLE
Mistake involving a flower	BLOOMER
Mongolian warrior giving thanks to sailor	TATAR
Nicer information about pictures of childcare facility	KINDERGARTEN
Old Frenchman to chuck out retro American vehicle	OMNIBUS
Plant found in bog round Sellafield	GROUNDSEL
Proper outfit to go with odd hats?	RIGHT
Recipe with stirred oats for lunch on Sunday?	ROAST
Scare cook contracted to produce snail on the menu	ESCARGOT
Sequence observed in perfect rainbow	TRAIN
Serious consequence of snog at last party	GRAVE
Somehow halt Mo Farah before end of modern running event	HALFMARATHON
Spear featuring in Anglo-Saxon epic given to Icelandic leader	ASSAGAI
Strange Greek lemon's a hybrid	MONGREL
Truth and openness initially is displayed by every Irish prime minister	TAOISEACH
Volte-face occasioned by spell of dizziness linked to drinks ordered from the bar	TURNROUND
Watering holes draw in European animals	BEARS