The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,003 - Dec 13 2019

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Clues Answers
A better man than I am, nudging cryptically about 1st April GUNGADIN
A strange pursuit involved getting soaked more than is normal? SUPERSATURATING
Bland stuff a pub's cooked — left with little hesitation PABULUM
Check if baseball team turned up STEM
Cocaine and heroin? Me? I'm a mythical creature TOOTHFAIRY
Cooking fish in prison — one with new governor at its head STIRFRYING
English country gent bites tail off rather large rodent SQUIRREL
Film article dropped by little woman ingesting fluff when cycling? All right JUNGLEBOOK
Fish consumed in Belvoir regularly BLOATER
Jazz style shows lack of clarity, with fiddle missing FUSION
Linesman having a little nap? KIPLING
Me, foolish? OK, with LP mistaken for a book PUCKOFPOOKSHILL
Old PM touring a land, drunk on the road hither? MANDALAY
Clues Answers
One out of the 2 just starting baked potato BALOO
Playing 25? Not if you've common sense NOUS
Post that supports article probing loud and aggressive speech BALUSTER
Quick! Hot spicy food going cold — out of bed! HURRYUP
Quickly read second novel SKIM
Reply rudely? It's in shrew's nature ANSWERBACK
Sailor sitting in first class in Taiwan once FORMOSA
Something eaten by 26, at first reluctantly imitating another rodent NUTRIA
Sort of poker 10 removed from drawing room? STUD
Stone from a ring, replaced before the centre's fallen out GRANITE
Tastelessly loud and insolent supporters, extremely surly BRASSY
Theme: books and some poetry by male MOTIF
Wife initially trimmed plain bit of sister's outfit WIMPLE