The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 901 - Feb 20 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 901 - Feb 20 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
... and start working group	ONSET
Almost merit promotion for reducing noise	EARPLUG
Bug where French enter London college	LOUSE
Demolished luncheon dropping over the way to France	CHUNNEL
Enthused about old record being flagged again	REPAVED
Exercise taken by pupil at estate	PILATES
Explore scope for selection	RANGE
Fashionable place in Texas journalist wrote up	ALAMODE
Gets emotional with pack over drink	FILLSUP
Go too far starting heavy industry in plain	OVERHIT
Graceful line is what I'm all about	LISSOME
His name means nothing, if he abandons good English	NIGEL
It can provide or deny fuel	OILSTRIKE
Lift engineer is hot!	HOIST
Lions come circulating; there's one!	SEMICOLON
Local star is dejected, when the lights come on	SUNDOWN

Clues	Answers
Mad Hatter's cultural occupations	THEARTS
Master in America means to take off ...	MINUS
Nurse worried about limits of test for eccentrics	NUTTERS
Opened in opposition to being excluded from work	LOCKEDOUT
Oscar role in picture that dazzles the eye	OPART
Poet's near crazy for made-up language	ESPERANTO
Prior could be seen as more than a lord, perhaps	EARLIER
Regret taking on steady sales line	REVENUE
Small gesture can warm things up	MICROWAVE
Some restaurants bar anyone so unconnected!	TIELESS
Spell with natural sounding finish	TERMINATE
Take on elite — it may make you look better!	FACECREAM
The Blues Brothers send a solo piece back	SADNESS
The grasses are oddly clipped	TERSE
Those missing beats seen to get in a tangle	ABSENTEES
Where you are, having conceded the first goal	ONEDOWN