The Guardian - Cryptic - May 4 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,748 - May 4 2022 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
A bad, cruel criminal __ be off, wicked nobleman!	DRACULA
A learner falling short __ the first person to go under in this world?	ACADEME
Appear in birthday suit and risk boredom?	HAVENOTHINGON
Breath-sweetener is something nutty, we hear	CACHOU
Bridge partners at table drinking pop	SPAN
Catch a cold in a public vehicle __ you can count on it!	ABACUS
Chief leader writer, fiery beast	PENDRAGON
Cook offering horse? Not English, bad!	CHARGRILL
Decline right away, leading to death	DECEASE
Distinguished women collecting silver they're awarded	DAMAGES
English politician on way to board at Heathrow?	EMPLANE
Finally some money secures protective gear __ so workers are properly this?	EQUIPPED
Gushing tap at basin for adult inducted in water ceremony?	ANABAPTIST
Hard barriers, old and new, within seats	STONE
Instrument, one featured in short book	VIOL
Language of terrible boaster carrying zero credit	SERBOCROAT
Macedonian general suffering from Oedipus complex?	ANTIPATER
Maybe one's time to break for this	LUNCH
News agency man needing extra time to speak again	REUTTER
One hat on husband following church party	CEILIDH
Savage very dry? Just a bit	BRUTISH
See 16	WALLS
Shoddy stuff aboard ship piles up	STACKS
Sort of deficiency that brings back bitterness in European Union	ULLAGE
The French fools __ they're cut off and wet	LAGOONS
Unfinished book in which lad engages with computers etc	SANDITON
Voltaire exuding anger could become a sort of green	LOVAT
What could make adult shortly be led astray? Being this?	DELUDABLE
Worker in 16, genius at home becoming quiet	EPSTEIN