The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,123 - May 24 2021

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Clues Answers
'Age before beauty', says V? AFTERYOU
... leaving spiritualism to go off for some pudding TIRAMISU
Advantageous to be young with a lisp ... USEFUL
Always evens out after a couple of dozen TWENTYFOURSEVEN
Apple mountain FUJI
Being true to form after running race CREATURE
Born and died in poverty NEED
Boy consuming cannabis precisely SPOTON
Business policy LINE
Confront boost in cosmetic surgery FACELIFT
Fresh plot twist involving a thief SHOPLIFTER
Hits sources of obstruction clutching bosom BLOCKBUSTERS
Kind of language used by the bloke with tea? HEBREW
Links from China with a promotion CHAIN
Clues Answers
New Zealander chairman oddly missing train MAORI
Put limits on dress, strip clothing off before court RESTRICT
Secures part of Batman's outfit for picture LANDSCAPE
See about fixing gate smoothly, leaving no gaps LEGATO
Sofa in box with lid free to be moved CHESTERFIELD
Spoke, being agile SPRY
Stan's bay LAUREL
Substitutes put up with evil STANDSIN
The man's in France getting a dealership FRANCHISE
They rise in surprise as Matilda reads aloud! EYEBROWS
With one movement, fluent about movie's completion FULFILMENT
Word for word, very bad time, endlessly VERBATIM
Worked in the garden seeing small early signs of Dutch elm disease WEEDED