The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,640 - Sep 5 2023

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Clues Answers
13 down is said to have been the first POPE
Advantage EDGE
Alternative to smoking VAPING
Army rank above colonel BRIGADIER
Artificial ERSATZ
Astute CLEVER
Bits and ___ BOBS
Breakfast food CEREAL
Cardi B or Tupac, for example RAPPER
Central African country and lake CHAD
Desiccated ARID
Facade VENEER
Fanatic ZEALOT
Fond of sitting still SEDENTARY
Clues Answers
German field marshal, the Desert Fox, committed suicide 1944 ROMMEL
Grilled 'sur l'herbe'? BARBECUED
Job TASK
Lively and energetic SPRIGHTLY
Make prettier EMBELLISH
Nonsense GIBBERISH
One of the Twelve Apostles PETER
Palindromic system for determ­ining an object's location RADAR
Seamster SEWER
Short laboured intakes of breath PANTS
This is one! CLUE
Urban areas designated for specific or restricted purposes PRECINCTS
Venetian transport operator GONDOLIER
___ Gwyn, actress and Charles II's mistress, d. 1687 NELL