The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 29,071 - May 16 2023

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Clues Answers
Beautify, being fairly excited PRETTYUP
Cat joints can be heard LYNX
Censored dodgy assets for the generation of future profit SEED
Cheapest leather covers grinding tool PESTLE
Disapprove of Democrat research to do away with vote DEPLORE
Don't embrace husband when star's around SHUN
Eastern US state linked to brown hamper ENCUMBER
Famous silent film character left before last of the crush TRAMPLE
Fish the deep bay? SEAHORSE
Forced into bankruptcy, one breaks under review RUINED
Intertwine branches of fruit around line PLEACH
Labour on retrospective cover-up SWEATER
Little dear for an essayist? LAMB
Mark's parcel accepted by school SPLOTCH
Material about eastern Mediterranean area RELEVANT
Clues Answers
Old compact Danish city ODENSE
One who endures sees signs of ageing LIVERSPOTS
One who progresses the motion of drones circling London's financial centre SECONDER
Precis of two books about dissecting fly ABBREVIATE
See 17 LOW
See 5 CORN
Stop measure by lawyers EMBAR
Surrealist Brontë novel BRETON
Swears to move main residents WRASSE
Take by force? Nice! EXACT
Top song base LAY
Unity's lost diary in tatters outside institute SOLIDARITY
Variation on a Haydn theme: Hearts Neglected to Set a Match Date NAMETHEDAY
Was an MP with ecstasy supply too much? SATE
Water runs through this county estate with ultimately little resistance COLANDER