The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,027 - Sep 18 2021

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Anglo-Saxon king (with a dyke?) OFFA
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane that hit Cuba and the US in August/September IDA
Diet adopted by Leo Tolstoy and George Bernard Shaw VEGETARIANISM
Driving hazard POTHOLES
Fungal wood decay WETROT
Irish author of Waiting for Godot SAMUELBECKETT
It describes how something is done ADVERB
It goes with chicken (and bacon!) EGG
Not costly CHEAP
One engaged in mortal combat as entertainment in ancient Rome GLADIATOR
Part of a tooth ENAMEL
Put forward ADVANCED
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Read quickly SKIM
Recordings of popular songs (they're never original!) COVERVERSIONS
Relating to the meaning of words SEMANTIC
Repudiates DISOWNS
Retainer SERVANT
Rise rapidly SOAR
Rough initial version of a written work DRAFT
Rusty — picture of a cot (anag) OUTOFPRACTICE
Small, long-haired dog (abbr) PEKE
State of something subjected to very high temperatures WHITEHEAT
To do with a particular part of the country REGIONAL
___ Gray, young man pictured in Oscar Wilde's 1890 novella DORIAN