The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Tuesday, 20th February 2024

There are 16 across clues and 13 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Tuesday, 20th February 2024. View the answers below..

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Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	Fly like some insects, or bat
AAcross 5:	Like husband found in a fornicating situation?
AAcross 10:	Food in repast is oddly deficient
AAcross 11:	Mark similar to 18, but higher
AAcross 12:	Snaps emerging branches
AAcross 13:	Maximally exposed, first covering up hole
AAcross 14:	Minded after power is handed over
AAcross 16:	Secure arms from Communist Russia
AAcross 18:	One among 6, 25 amalgamated, or what divides them
AAcross 20:	Monarch displayed in museum – initially housed show in ground-floor extensions
AAcross 23:	Invariably costly meal, it's said, extended by indefinite period
AAcross 24:	Kind of 18, or kind of blue
AAcross 26:	Flits with dashing young men around small Roman square
AAcross 27:	Tyrannical ruler found in previous answer, after all	IVAN
AAcross 28:	Originality of points, three of them in all
AAcross 29:	Conservative regret about pathetic campaign
DDown 2:	Inflict corporal punishment on kid, for example
DDown 3:	Start of tribute about stupid Italian poet
DDown 4:	Passing white's soaring over grass
DDown 6:	Add fatty stuff to heart of cabbage, say
DDown 7:	Put in situation hard to get out of? Possibly, providing one red's OK
DDown 8:	Ambassador's immersed in European matter in Greek city
DDown 9:	Endlessly distrust the writer taken in by penchant for verbal ambiguity	DOUBLEMEANING
DDown 15:	A point above 18 in game before final pass forward
DDown 17:	Rowdy drunk driver admitting nothing
DDown 19:	Put out eggs – almost leave out scrambled
DDown 21:	It's not easy catching variety, American counterpart of 24
DDown 22:	Doesn't finish some panda food
DDown 25:	Is highly moving in theatre part