The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 1,253 - Nov 20 2023

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Abandons all hope in a spider's web DESPAIRS
Anaesthetised foot has feeling but it's lowering DEMOTION
By hacking, clear top of the chest PECTORAL
Characters in Macbeth? Nice and traditional ETHNIC
Christmas dinners have no starter for old prison officers TURNKEYS
Clears out the white of the eye SCLERA
Come across an equal in audition APPEAR
Credit the one who portrayed F Gump? THANKS
Dignified meeting of lovers under superbly elegant covers SEDATE
Element found in a cholesterol-reducing drug and vitamin ASTATINE
Enigmatic sweetheart gets drunk with Ernie's other half ESOTERIC
Gaining ranking after draw is announced SUCCEEDING
Greatest duty is essentially to lead the largest number UTMOST
In the morning, speaking with no sense of right or wrong AMORAL
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Intoxicated and given to be overbearing HIGHHANDED
Kilts set in motion as they get sent flying in alleys SKITTLES
Listener in tears hits back REARENDS
Messenger is absorbed by game that's fast CHANGELESS
Old cronies abandoned leader and fell into disarray SENIOR
Pessimistic, for example, in domestic surroundings NEGATIVE
Protect and toughen around top of skull INSURE
Realise rubbish left out is not so problematic EASIER
Shelled facility is twisted and sloping ITALIC
Sir Bradley cycled around those who got there first EARLYBIRDS
Test size ingredients are the most piquant ZESTIEST
The setter, we hear, is able to outwardly decry something aesthetically pleasing EYECANDY
They learn choral arrangement in two seconds SCHOLARS
What should be taken if wise man turns up after party? DOSAGE