The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,449 – Mar 6 2018

Clues	Answers
A condition causing swelling on one rodent	AGOUTI
Big beast’s tail bitten off by antelope in demilitarised zone once	RHINELAND
Bird of paradise?	HOURI
Bravely handle consequences of awful cafe and what’s piped into it?	FACETHEMUSIC
Cover popular artist’s sound	WRAPPER
Crown and Church join in dirge	CORONACH
Dismissal of cop — canteen can go wild	NONACCEPTANCE
Erotic, like a Turkish bath	STEAMY
For one running keep tin of beer?	CASTELLAN
Frequency with which US sect starve	FAMISH
Hard to impress surrealist with a flower	DAHLIA
I had existence as a distinct personality	IDENTITY
Its leaf on wee statuette?	FIGURINE
Joint request to include fluid in this?	HIPFLASK

Clues	Answers
King left upmarket version of fried fish	TEMPURA
Like many cathedrals, become almost intimate	GOTHIC
Mean to get drunk	TIGHT
Opera is back in the big house	MANSION
Party official meets Leader of House with advantage	WHIPHAND
Passable property of woman to change, possessing boring name	HEREDITAMENT
Perhaps chicken wing and leg found on top of Capital Hill	PARTHENON
Please speed to airport	OHARE
Point at which inexpert actor joined players	WESTHAMUNITED
Pygmy militia member?	MINUTEMAN
Raised support to translate Torah for Scots community	ARBROATH
Swiss banker invests energy in complete set of personal make-up	GENOME
Usually like beer, which sport interferes with	ASARULE
Wine waiters lose half the battle	SOMME