The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 30 2022

The Independents Cryptic Crossword December 30 2022 Answers:
Low-scoring draw this No.10 clinched? 4 letters
NEON
For good measure blocks comic uses with gag to subdue backchat 10 letters
SLIPGAUGES
Stopping at Test ground into such a contest? 11 letters
ATTRITIONAL
Name assumed by rare black cuckoo 3 letters
ANI
Yard probing vulgar residue from power station 6 letters
FLYASH
A jolly playful nibble from Spooner! 8 letters
BUNFIGHT
First on with broadcast 7 letters
BESTREW
But Rose is one of our best! 7 letters
ANAGRAM
Retired London lawyer has no time for model 8 letters
EXEMPLAR
Unbridled lust of prominent American partner 6 letters
FLOTUS
It’s easy to confuse a chatterer 3 letters
PIE
Brush with groups of lawmen there for the taking? 11 letters
POSSESSABLE
Hard to rip up books with covering letter for my boss 10 letters
DEEPROOTED
It provides the necessary arrangement of keys 4 letters
BANK
Cut squarely for two not hard to clinch ton – expecting a little lower? 6 letters
INCALF
For which US writer overlooks essay? 6 letters
POETRY
In retrospect someone partial to Prime-ministerial blunders 5 letters
BLAIR
Italian sauces giving us the constitution of candyfloss? 9 letters
SPUNSUGAR
Hotel laid on the works dinner in Oxford? 4 letters
HALL
Farm steward snarls with rage evicting owls 7 letters
GRANGER
Not a word one associates with hand rearing acacia? 7 letters
SHITTIM
Publicises tour – and its point of departure? 8 letters
AIRSTRIP
Lean or porky? 3 letters
LIE
Train-spotters’ gala perhaps elevating fellow most in need of support 8 letters
FRAILEST
Factory that exploits reforms in two phases 9 letters
SWEATSHOP
Jump between the sheets with energy for a **** (did you hear what I did there?) 7 letters
BLEEPED
Surrealist seventies TV banned from art school 7 letters
SIENESE
Worth scrubbing jacket potato 3 letters
ALU
This chap’s against prejudice 6 letters
TOBIAS
Devious just like Serpent to keep one working away 6 letters
SNEAKY
Online service given boost by messaging system 5 letters
TELEX
The usual score when playing piano and horn 4 letters
PARP