The Guardian - Cryptic - Oct 2 2020 Crossword Puzzle Solutions

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,254 - October 2 2020 Crossword Answers

Clues	Answers
Army personnel backing Queen stand around	REDANTS
Bowled over to England openers last month __ new technique picked up	ENTRANCED
Degrade what a Norseman did in speech?	ERODE
Dodgy polaroids safe? Happiness short-lived	FOOLSPARADISE
Dry wit rarely Oscar's way? I shouldn't say this	DIRTYWORD
During lecture deliberately overlook deception	SLEIGHT
Emotionally detached, as football stadiums this year, completely empty inside	FANCYFREE
Footballer previously not inclined to give maximum effort	LEVELBEST
Good landlord won't rent __ place now empty	GHOSTTOWN
Immature creatures are protected by others	PUPAS
Issue 100 in book for adult students?	OUTCOME
Let's wish leader gone	LEASE
Letter writer occupied by government flip-flopping	SIGMA
Look up info about King __ you'll easily get cash for it	OLDROPE
Man of God supposedly leaving __ settle on replacement	TELEVANGELIST
Might relish habitually doing this to impress?	POWERDRESSING
Neither funked playing different role in theatre	UNDERTHEKNIFE
One going through most of shop's correspondence	RATIO
Pampered, wanting nightcap initially sent up	SPOOFED
PM accepts a sign something's wrong following b___ difficult woman	BATTLEAXE
Reach hotel passing through South's traditionally impoverished areas	GHETTOS
Senseless getting Serco, you said __ maybe give someone else the job	OUTSOURCE
Star name following a particular diet	VEGAN
Submit __ it's Vlad!	PUTIN
Sure can __ fellow returned piano to top of house	FOOLPROOF
Trump's around providing a little bit of 'culture'? I kept trying to calm down	PACIFIC
What makes music fresh __ it's live, mostly	SITAR
Writer propping up bar as a kind of exercise	AEROBIC