The Guardian Cryptic July 6 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,490 - Jul 6 2021 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Acerbic couple of kings in state	SARKY
Admitting defeat, gang returns to develop well	BLOSSOM
Agitator from firm's foremost US site	FUSSPOT
Best possible period not quite set in stone	OPTIMAL
Company pressure stops workers backing charity collections	COMPENDIA
Dried food, veg or apples? It's bananas!	SPLITPEAS
Evergreen in Eliot's verse 'withered with no trace of sun'	OLIVETREE
For which Shaw wrote two articles, three on odd occasions	THEATRE
Free places to go, one gathers, in Paris	UNLOOSE
Grand American brought back mysterious crop from tropics	SUGARCANE
Hazardous substance from canister, unstable when temperature drops	ARSENIC
Inclined to admonish a child found in quarry	PREACHY
Inept tailor made incomplete pants	MALADROIT
Instrument, one exported from African country	GAMBA
Location reporter's visited	SCENE
Market more than 50 lines after public store depleted	OUTSELL
Matter raised after Mark joins service	SIGNSUP
Nameless Russian leader's about to delay retirement	SITUP
On screen, Eleanor leaves wild ponies semi-trained	BRONCOS
One fascinating Frenchman sent up drinking song	ENCHANTER
Origins of Tim Rice musical for radio	TRANNIE
Paint left large streak	PORTRAY
Queen once taken in by judge hides here, perhaps	TANNERY
Receiving jab, pub worker becomes sore	INDIGNANT
Requested section authorised in dictionary	SOLICITED
River creature from the south with thin bony scales	LAMINAR
Rural deity first to appreciate local wildlife	FAUNA
Statesman partly responsible for abuse Nato received	SENATOR
Surfaced from bathe, any number having sunk	RISEN
Trailblazer, one plugging seaside attraction	PIONEER
UK banker first to take payment for letter	TRENT
You're aiming to do it alone, with very little input	SOLVE