The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 23 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian Puzzle - Cryptic crossword No 28,246 - September 23 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
As one seen circling a star is con­demned as idolater	ASTEROIDAL
Attitudes fixed in time, oddly in dissent	MINDSET
Blow a high note: put in valve	STOP
Boatman, shouldering hod etc, I rebuilt shared house	COHABITED
Bullish attitude to truth: you are allegedly excluded	CANDO
Club act has change of heart: he's involved in scam	TRUNCHEON
Corrupt imprisoned politician expelled, losing nothing, is one in the know	INSIDER
Cycle rickshaw carrying dean, say	CLERIC
Despicable types of false witness wasting time	SWINES
Either way, it's a mistake	BOOB
Fabricated clue for a cheese	MADEUP
Falsify view of security service on country	MISSTATE
Firm without any deceit to speak of generates yield	COMPLY
Freeing from fear of old truth in government	SOOTHING
Gathering for church service with uncrowned head of state	MAS
Give the lie to root in U-turn	REBUT
How to counter lies online in a climate when facts are deemed unimportant	POSTTRUTH
Leader of Parliament adopts untruths and fancy footwork	PLIES
Lie about moral strength	FIBRE
Lie initially told every second by party supporter	TALLSTORY
Lie told for whom in France?	PORKY
Old clothing for young goyim, regularly seen on the cricket field	GYMSLIPS
Pants on fire, missing point of argument	SPAT
Positioned with prejudice ... Boatman is excluded	BASED
Quail flock found in tight plastic binding	SHRINKPACK
Replace sound of funky drum­beat with a master track's first cut	REDUB
See 1	COCK
See 19 across	SING
Something read in Deuteronomy? This is not true	MYTH
Stars from the French movie finally to confront awful lies	ETOILES
Underdog, abused but connected to reality	GROUNDED
Where you might fabricate truth, or the end of reality	FACTORY
Witch hunt based on lie under oath: say that's not right	PURGE