The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 29,286 - Jan 23 2024

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Action of football player by virtue of good result THROWIN
Am I less than friendly guy? CABLE
An Italian city's – one in the US? ANNAPOLIS
Arm broke, then leg, ultimately in shock STENGUN
Awkward when leader of gang short of competition? GRACELESS
Benefit increase with ever-changing investment? SERVEWELL
Cap off cook OUTDO
Classic line in game of cricket effective, at first OLDIE
Gentle encouragement good in painting? NUDGE
Head cut from nail with two straight lines RADII
I smiled if worried about discontentment in career: is – that it? MIDLIFECRISIS
Isle in 124 days? CAPRI
Maiden voyage by small destroyer leaving America VIRGO
Marks in Germany invested in playing tennis INDENTS
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Merit a couple of eggs from French waiter? DESERVE
Players in Irish barony once defeated competitor ALSORAN
Random: this is more, though not entirely, haphazard HITORMISS
Really lacking in energy, on going uphill around hospital NOTHALF
Ridiculous piece nurse cuts off having opened Uncle Sam's zip? NONSENSEVERSE
See 8 Down WANDERERS
Sound of ignominious defeat, unholy alliance originally having done U-turn AUDIO
Spare outside left brought in by West Ham, top's beaten bottom in Blackburn Rovers football team WOLVERHAMPTON
Supermarket after things with squashed flies in the middle for biscuit GARIBALDI
Tempers are initially absent where unmarried couples live together? REINSIN
The first to look away, due to star exploding OUTSTARED
Umpteen converts set about Catholic, small proportion PERCENTUM
Very bad day, one covered by last month DEMONIC
Vocal practice: feed into the endless calling THROATSINGING