The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,130 - Jul 12 2021

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Clues Answers
Ate nothing around the end of June, then ate a lot FEASTED
Blue feathers DOWN
Boils spuds or pasta for relative to tuck into CARBUNCLES
Card acceptable in one half of Jersey JOKER
Cat eating a rat's head? Speak with it! LARYNX
Chairs for 27 rivals ROCKERS
Changing direction, vicar? Hesitate, then sign off REVERSING
Excuse used before the advent of phone messaging PRETEXT
Fly northwards with love and dance TANGO
For spies into mischief infiltrated by 'one taking orders', in a manner of speaking PRONUNCIATION
Glamour of biker escaping blitzkrieg, somehow GLITZ
Hugo Boss announcing no neckwear for a decade NINETIES
In hotel, gripped by a book ATHOME
Lean to one side and sneer, agitating the audience LISTENERS
Looked into dust storm, initially in equatorial desert STUDIED
Clues Answers
Mind check and vacate the set after Matilda stands in line, they say IQTEST
Ministry of Defence's scooter squad MODS
Multiple events, then a cold snap DECATHLON
Newspaper getting by TIMES
Not quite honoured, playing for 60 minutes ONEHOUR
Preacher of letters overwhelmed by beer APOSTLE
Shine like the seafood in Yorkshire? TWINKLE
Skipping school, tour USA (North-West's borders) TRUANT
Some of the clientele mentioned water, perhaps ELEMENT
Tedious jobs completed at last, OK with New York's redevelopment DONKEYWORK
Vibrant tirade about broken nose RESONANT
Viewer plugged in here EYESOCKET
Violent act, a bit like pancake mix? BATTERY
What's left of rise may be owing RESIDUE