The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,539 - Sep 1 2021

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Clues Answers
About to dip into novel but Hay Festival's here BAYREUTH
Beater back from reserve overrun by deer HEART
Black-hearted crystalline compound snaps here? ALBUM
Celebration: a wild, crazy one DIWALI
Constituent of Britain, say, lives life on the edge ISLE
Curtailed ape's role in Italian opera MIMI
Dog I'm unsure about since barking in pound etc CURRENCIES
Err with count badly, needing to engage a teller RACONTEUR
Fiancé exhibits such intense stress ACUTEACCENT
Fly east over the Channel, then again northwards TSETSE
Forest's something eliminated by Brazilian president BUSH
Game with two sides touring a country RURAL
It ensures well-rounded character votes for Boris? BACKSTORY
It helps climbers in large area with dry rocks LATTICE
Love to enter race, wanting an achievement TOURDEFORCE
Clues Answers
Old king of Spain left in debt-ridden state ETHELRED
Old university graduate keeps on penning journal BOLOGNA
One jogging without a rest REMAINDER
PC still checks on description of stolen goods SCREENSHOT
Permits daughter aboard vehicles fit for Greta? GREENCARDS
Problem with a reggae-style drumbeat RUBADUB
Rearing up, tame animals cross threshold DOORSTEP
Rough clothing ladies perhaps will be revealing LOWCUT
Spotted in nude, wrong is only alleged UNFOUNDED
Star's welcoming wave in Barnet, meeting a hero SUPERMAN
They clean behind empty drainpipe in segments BIDETS
Vessel brewery carries back and forth EWER
What we get called in explosive contest TOURNAMENT
With some medicine bottles, seek water DOWSE
Work of satirist failing to secure new agents DUNCIAD