The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 29,256 - Dec 18 2023

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Clues Answers
A hard growth seen on oak ACORN
Adds something against eulogies CONTRIBUTES
Arsenal supporter heading off into New York women's house NUNNERY
Best, perhaps, granny's hairpiece TOPKNOT
Certificate Foreign Office employee doesn't complete DIPLOMA
Could this suggest daughter only nine? Imagine! PRETEND
Died after aerial battle: going to heaven? SKYWARD
Eloquent preacher's year in church ORATORY
Extremely plaintive, desperate appeal for money abroad PESOS
Foreign character turns up in Paris park PSI
Having nothing to face? CLEANSHAVEN
Hotel room may have this ban on short skirt MINIBAR
It may be close to the church, or a serious distance GRAVEYARD
Man a terrible tsar? Not very IAN
New to drink, run empire badly ENPRIMEUR
Newly initiated into food authority DIETITIAN
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Notice love is a great bother ADO
Nymph has bedroom that creates sound effects ECHOCHAMBER
Perhaps dog at college a bloomer PETUNIA
PM meeting an indigenous American MAYAN
Put off seeing how library books are displayed? SHELVED
S for Sovereign HEADOFSTATE
Scotsman, the first person that's regularly driven over MACADAM
Showing arrogance, paid sportsman perhaps duly sacked PROUDLY
Something done on the brass perhaps, causing some friction RUBBING
Something in the garden for pet owl to chew FLOWERPOT
Time for everyone to pass on their knowledge TEACH
Tiny vegetable, and not a whole fruit PEA
Told a tale about drug being craved YEARNED
Two shortly become confused in silly talk TWADDLE
Undeserving rich and their pampered pets? FATCATS
Unusual way to the mountains STRANGE