The Guardian Cryptic Mar 29 2021 Crossword Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,405 - Mar 29 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Abstemious office worker's energy and speed	TEMPERATE
Balanced knife on head of louche earl	STABLE
Beats Charlie a lot	CREAMS
Blunder made by manager losing final piece	GAFFE
Braggart's showy entrance	LOUDMOUTH
Close family member the French rejected after a short time	SECRETIVE
Controls parasites in post offices	POLICES
Crushes record held by Manx cat	PULPS
Disagrees with man during teaching session	CLASHES
Drove from school with magazine director	COMPELLED
Enquires about missing one rook and other pieces	QUEENS
Excellent, but half-hearted, meal	SUPER
Former partner has hot drinks and puffs	EXHALES
Fraction of hot blini cooked with bit of lox inside	BILLIONTH
Late meetings, as scene changes	SEANCES
Male employs goddesses	MUSES
Party lines a republican originally supports for cash	DOLLARS
Passenger transport crossing space in passing	TRANSIENT
Quiet time/times embracing old attendant	PAGEBOY
Satellite picture of map once so distorted	MOONSCAPE
Seamstress initially having skill and independence in exam about tailoring	SARTORIAL
Smears heads of business leaving under reprisal-free system	BLURS
Son and I can second protests	SITINS
Suited worker crossing river	BECAME
Take a selfie, holding frame for support	EASEL
Teams crossing middle of district in steps	STRIDES
Treats dog with drug and a bit of sympathy	CURES
Trips over foot barriers, spilling whiskey	FALLS
Warmly embraced somebody endlessly, improperly	BOSOMED
Way a sun exists in a constant state	STASIS
XXX Ken Loach film about income support and society	KISSES
Yankee interferes without mass agreements	YESSES