The Guardian Cryptic February 16th 2023 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

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Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Key point rejected, as far as celebrity is concerned (5)
Former area far from the coast, not island (8)
One eliminating small old city in type of game (9)
Jilted bride experiencing losing no-good fraud (8)
See 1
Soup book is rather lacking in sex appeal (6)
Against accepting defeat? One’s in the soup (7)
Also (according to report) Times not open about women in couples (3,2,3)
Turned up literary detective (not the old woman) — such writing is over the top (6)
Leading measure when considering steam? (5,2)
Quick to carry a blade (7)
Knight getting silver, engaged in challenges in times long ago (4,4)
Musician’s accessories lacking colour, getting the bird (4,4)
See 21
Visual adjustment subject to forcible separation (8)
Ill-mannered clamour about pop group curtailed (6)
Take a long time consuming a lot of pretty drinks (9)
Minister backed intervening in harbour subject to tremors (7)
Right about blocking call for a quicker approach (5,3)
Limitations on soup — cold or hot? (5)
Accessory, Louis Vuitton article, containing new item of jewellery (6)
On the off chance, accepting second note in additional amount (8)
See 17 across
Beam and grate left unfinished (4)
One in leading group savage about Liberal boasting (9)
A new outburst dismissing universal apprehension (5)
Mammal calculating tail not needed (5)
It's coming now — a lot of odd ideas about oneself (4,4)
Argument about recipe: he and his wife had very varying dietary tastes (5)
Nut, losing head, with shift of active enthusiasm (4)

February 16th 2023 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers