The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,849 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,849 - Aug 30 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Best to leave a reversing car	MERC
Changing direction initially, Asian country makes a bit of a bloomer	SEPAL
Criminal admits that hurt ability to turn a profit	MIDASTOUCH
Darn! Flipping husband entirely rendered powerless in song	WESHALLOVERCOME
Doves sport with great rook from the east	PEACENIKS
Fabric coat from Versace with grim look	VELOUR
Football club I sense is very bad	VILLAINOUS
Good service, tennis ace	GRAF
Guy's partner, one meeting DiCaprio? The earth moved for him!	GALILEO
Hit a socialist, punching another	REACHED
In need of cracking fish in desperate need	ENCODED
Intently watching, but missing a series	STRING
Lorna likes men and women with time to make an expected contribution	DOONESBIT
Man in nude possibly could be so described	UNROBED
Mythical creature in mythology, tall tale with a twist in the tail?	LORELEI
National symbol's a revelation, it's said	LEEK
Old-fashioned drier whiskey __ double!	WRINGER
Papers about musician, say, releasing tango for recorder	DIARIST
Periodical suffering, lumbago's back!	HELLO
Race around dodgy bars with gin in mum's cups	NURSINGBRA
Rank of Iron Duke, holding appeal up	FETID
Refuge of PM once, saving face	LAIR
Report composed ought to include partners in play	GUNSHOT
Ruled about case of snake oil provider	LINSEED
Serving, give up point and play without purpose	WAITINGFORGODOT
Sign I'm surprised crossing northerly tracks	GESTURE
Suggest bottling old wine without any strength	IMPOTENTLY
Try pirouettes without success in matching clothes	TWINSET
Turf hunk out of Britain with tendency for trouble	SODSLAW
Turkish bigwig's yearly investing has bombed	PASHA