The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,873 - Sep 27 2022 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,873 - Sep 27 2022 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A month with English theatre's top group	SEPTET
Bill & Co limp off to quiet do	ACCOMPLISH
Come to a conclusion about Uncle Dicky, social media promoter	INFLUENCER
Contact the Guardian about job centre that's unfeeling	CALLOUS
Cover up of certain features of Cromwell's reversal at Derby?	STRAWHAT
Drive home, back into awful torment in part of Paris	MONTMARTRE
Ends let out and pressed close	NESTLED
Forecaster lives up near far end of Hull	SIBYL
In-depth disheartened author's novel means of putting characters on paper	PRINTHEAD
Inspector May's false subconscious memory	CRYPTOMNESIA
Jack (lightweight) gets a shock	JOUNCE
Male only wants car that's big of its kind and aggressive-looking	STAGBEETLE
Most attractive types, those basking on the beach, lapping up temperature	STUNNERS
One means of improving athletic performance: live with military officer somewhere beyond Mars!	ASTEROIDBELT
Only females love males to wear father's spectacles	PHENOMENA
Ornamental garden plant __ holding one, state politicians squeal	PAMPAS
Pass round women's head covering	COWL
Past players rather dull?	OVERCAST
Play card with real finesse	KING
Possibly keen to do this vocally?	MOURN
Recoil at political bias employed by one who serves?	BACKSPIN
Retirement habit: pays off to carry stick	PYJAMAS
See 1	GRASS
See 21	LEAR
Set about catching wild dog that's hard going to put away	STODGE
Submerge head and keep under flat-bottomed boat	SCOW
Tip: start to search (search meth­odically) for a kind of cap	COCKSCOMB
Trainee state police officer cut short	CADET
Unexpectedly present a twisty firework	SERPENT
Unscrupulous opportunist immersing copper-backed tin in drink	BUCCANEER