The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 888 - Nov 21 2016

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Clues Answers
Animal clutching right bosom BREAST
Ant and Dec swapping places to prepare a drink DECANT
Bird ingesting a dangerous substance HEROIN
Butcher could be adulterating pork with European sheep SHOPKEEPER
Crude oil given to government by principal member of ruling elite OLIGARCH
Devil treats suspect to show DEMONSTRATE
Flexible growth found in cattle ranging freely over space TENTACLE
Hairdo worn by king beheading mother making meaningless speech BUNKUM
Holy communion for cricketers? LORDSSUPPER
It's about actors being dull OVERCAST
Lake is insignificant MERE
Lose old bet newly regarded as invalid OBSOLETE
Loved to keep end of chain joined up LINKED
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Moved swiftly to suppress source of tension and hostility HATRED
Posit a new variety of language PATOIS
Preserve headless nun in storage box CANISTER
Put up with engineering role in gallery TOLERATE
Red is fermented with last bit of yeast to become the most sec DRIEST
Rushed back to join queue to get slim NARROW
Send up note to get ingredient for cheesemaking RENNET
Ship over a vegetable LEEK
Step round hot filament THREAD
Thinking seriously about intervening in dispute involving Tory leader MEDITATING
Went crazy working with physicist NEWTON
What to do before you 7 peacekeepers visit part of Ireland UNCORK
Work in place for experiments by old university research leader LABOUR