The Guardian - Quick crossword No 16,727 - Dec 15 2023

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Clues Answers
Alice, brass or garage? BAND
An organisation's more extreme members LUNATICFRINGE
Arabic term, origin 'decide a point of law' FATWA
Barefoot UNSHOD
Bible readings LESSONS
Cake embellishment ICING
Cheap and poor-quality SHODDY
Coerce – a drongo (anag) DRAGOON
Final phase TWILIGHT
First Russian tsar IVAN
Fixed CONSTANT
Generous BOUNTIFUL
Half a shandy BEER
Clues Answers
It'll fill a hole SEALANT
Lucky charm TALISMAN
One might go off-piste SKIER
One's on drugs USER
Origin PEDIGREE
Person who must be obeyed? SHE
Quietest car ad (anag) – it's not an instant hit ACQUIREDTASTE
Respect ESTEEM
Reveal (a secret) LETON
Silly fool ASS
Sounds tremulous QUAVERS
Typically French GALLIC
Very observant EAGLEEYED