The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,265 - Feb 19 2024

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A bishop with extraordinary zeal, on fire ABLAZE
A learner painting outdoors ALFRESCO
A quietly concealed garden pest APHID
African lion disturbed an American CALIFORNIAN
Alter money coming back? CHANGE
Article by fellows getting the last word AMEN
Asian caught in that hailstorm THAI
Attractive folk who are destructive? SMASHERS
Beef Santa cooked for substantial meal BEANFEAST
Belt for clothes CLOBBER
Bit of a temper shown by husband meeting superior pair of females HUFF
Boy with nothing wanting a bit of meat? OLIVER
Devils protected by rude monsters DEMONS
Doctor had met death at sea maybe DROWNED
Environmentalist coming to land gets signal to go GREENLIGHT
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Fellow with a beagle, surprisingly well-behaved? MANAGEABLE
Food on toast? Get this and pa will be excited SPAGHETTI
It's awful, getting drunk – don't move SITTIGHT
Justified military action – spoke violently WARRANTED
Like toast not fit for consumption making one fed up BROWNEDOFF
Lord with a bit of wisdom, not quiet? EARL
One daughter with a house somewhere in the USA IDAHO
One foreign friend or another with energy AMIGO
Realistic, i.e. not up in the air DOWNTOEARTH
Some Arab bigwig and a prominent Jew? RABBI
Some in a circle maybe getting qualifications DEGREES
The splits demonstrated by little school miss dancing SCHISMS
Try to agree in international game TESTMATCH
What some French characters are – stressed ACCENTED
Yours truly in danger, stupidly going off course MEANDERING