The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 28,558 - Sep 23 2021

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Clues Answers
6's atop wall? UPDIKE
6's blunder, one line back LECARRE
6's brief smile, fake GRISHAM
6's vessel on stream STEINBECK
A zip's caught — whoopee! HURRAY
Almost having taken head off, order dismissal EARLY
Blade's ego? EPEE
Cast of Cats, say? ANAGRAM
Characters regularly seen in small-town shop SALON
Child, one accommodated in large shed BAIRN
Curious tree was top SWEATER
Cut in refinement, get work by 14 of more than one 6? THE
Drink inferior to sea water reportedly limited TIEDDOWN
Hopeful hellfire ultimately denied in Eve's reluctance to partake of forbidden fruit? APPLICANT
Ill-prepared monarch sheltered, having lost crown at sea ETHELRED
It, for example, requires change of kit in port on the Mersey BOOK
Joy to behold finally, a grandmaster YODA
Clues Answers
Leg across always in cramped quarters STEERAGE
Lexicographical publication, old, old manuscript CODEX
Local worker, margin squeezed in trade BARTENDER
Loud, one needing quiet after kid turned up GARISH
Mathematician who screwed up? ARCHIMEDES
Name Welsh artist and English pop star JOHN
Resident in Mississippi, a not unerringly trained listener PIANOTUNER
Rough stuff, one caught by filly that's rolled over SISAL
Saw long coat, metre MAXIM
See 19 WASTELAND
See 26 BATH
See 8 TITLE
State goes out with a dictator CAESAR
Straight punch catching back of Fulham supporter JAMB
Top off, cook OUTDO
Wound cord before judge LACERATE