The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 29,235 - Nov 23 2023

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Clues Answers
A jacket shortened, very hot? ABLAZE
Ace of diamonds? HOMERUN
Additional pair of letters for dictator? EXCESS
Almost nothing that is absorbing moisture, initially, drying mixture SODALIME
Article in cereal, something to eat WHITEMEAT
Charming thing replacing British leader in PM once with leader in multimillionaire MOJO
Corrupt board after business in Spanish city CORDOBA
Cross-country race? MALTESE
Dog – spaniel? POODLE
Drop a girdle over ABANDON
Figure in biblical text inspired by head, powerful leader POTENTATE
Fireplace, something cold or warm, then hot HEARTH
Firstly, eagle drops after cuckoo leaps over the moon PLEASED
Good long periods after horse vaults DUNGEONS
Grating a third of cheese, why put on loose fragments? SCREECHY
Clues Answers
Green OBE? OLIVE
Image, digital fake by the sound of it? PHOTO
Joint investment in bank ledger ANKLE
Left-leaning lefty, minister in speech VERBAL
Mixture, potato served to Mennonites, but no starter? MISHMASH
Nonsense passes as expression of glee JAZZHANDS
One's idiotic hum? HALFWIT
Rock star bedding very old model STUN
Shuttle breaks with it SPACESHIP
Small red and white rats SWINES
Spooner's glimpse behind Spooner's obscuration? PEASOUPER
Still figures increase joining factory WAXWORKS
Tidy lower field REARRANGE
Very repetitive climax in Jimi Hendrix tune then, 'Foxy Lady' VIXEN
Where porridge tasted by European, but not an egg, say GERMCELL