The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,205 - Dec 19 2022

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Clues Answers
Agent upset about most recent smear PLASTER
Animated dog caught by spirited government PLUTOCRACY
Cooked quince alone isn't valueless INCONSEQUENTIAL
Cut delicate fabric covering bottom of cushion LANCE
Cuts doctor's food LACERATIONS
Cutting bit of wordplay by posh bloke PUNGENT
Doctor enables pair to get inextricably linked INSEPARABLE
Firm peak, it is mine COALPIT
Fish love jargon LINGO
Glen tried restyling with corkscrews RINGLETED
Infuriates leaderless forest officials ANGERS
Jerk supports heads in private DOMESTIC
Knight to look fashionable with cut SIRLOIN
Lives on borders RESIDES
Clues Answers
More embarrassed about English game REDDEER
Note in favour of church is what keeps one down to earth GFORCE
Plant pot leaked WEED
Plant taking top off pipe after time THISTLE
Plant, initially from Umbria, cultivated here shows impressive adaptability FUCHSIA
Prepared lean crab and another crustacean BARNACLE
Professor consumed gift DONATE
Rat plants meadows GRASSLANDS
Sadly dine out, showing greed? DEADLYSIN
Still, in strange sense, showing indifference EMOTIONLESSNESS
Taste a boring dish PALATE
Tolerate assistant stealing book ABIDE
Upstanding girl holding one fibre SISAL
You and I imprisoned by queen in jug EWER