The Guardian - Cryptic - Dec 30 2021 Crossword Puzzle Solution

 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,641 - Dec 30 2021 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Excellent beer' in review for Crown and Sceptre?	REGALIA
... bloke's a show-off! Think he could be desperate	FANCYDAN
About time __ pull in abdomen desperately (one who's trying to look sexy?)	PLATINUMBLONDE
Aim to have day in American hills	UPLANDS
Assume it's a 'no' for replacement gifts	DONATIONS
Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament?	SUPERBOWL
Do exercises in bad shape to begin with __ they won't bring much joy	PARTYPOOPERS
Feel terrific __ holy orders (not RC) providing a comfortable situation	THELIFEOFRILEY
Girl from Welsh valley extremely down about leaving	RHODA
Helping one ingenue to conceal affair	INAIDOF
Horny as hell, dropping spades __ it maybe could lead to this	ROLLINTHEHAY
Liberal entering has been received topless __ he'd get an eyeful!	OGLER
Mike's gone back in lead perhaps	METAL
Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier	INADVANCE
Neither down about college failure	BOTCHUP
Nudge when maintaining one's balance	REMAINDER
Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say?	MASON
Paper on strike cutting the supply	TELEGRAPH
Pound's poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially	PULVERISE
Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening	LOCAL
Romance a special one? Not half!	AMOUR
Temper! Losing head a lot	OFTEN
Theatrical friend in hotel, having forgotten new address	HORATIO
Use up reserves of energy mating __ stop! (both stripped)	EATINTO
Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one ...	TRIUMPH
Western director screens short story __ never mind	LETALONE
Wife's responsibility mostly to children	DUTCH
Wish to keep going round state capital	YEREVAN