The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,451 – Mar 8 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: CALCIFICATION, DUMBLEDORE, OVERALL, ROCK.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ‘Drug arrest’ in dog Latin? | CANNABIS |
| A headless whale keeping a number of secrets | ARCANA |
| Capital of 15, mostly, getting turban adjusted | ULAN |
| Chair duly arranged to be driven by liquid | HYDRAULIC |
| Church painter, perhaps, or reformer | CHARTIST |
| Concerning anterior part of flat iron dropping one off | FRONTAL |
| Cop for fit that’s beyond remedy | INCURABLE |
| Drink, in the old days, uplifted cartoonist | CRUMB |
| Find new home for ambassador held up by wake | REHOUSE |
| Good person keeps longing for container | SACHET |
| Hardening Muslim leader receiving 100 — one hundred — a hundred divided by one | CALCIFICATION |
| Have words with motorist of sorts, catching cold | BICKER |
| Landlady’s army | HOST |
| Litigant’s unsophisticated argument | PLAINTIFF |
| Look hard, taking in 5, and go hungry | STARVE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mark with sorrow, keeping Catholic back from crop protector | SCARECROW |
| Mineral cup — one dropped by academic before end of ceremony | CHALCEDONY |
| Old emmet’s nice mess absorbed | ANCIENT |
| Part of roof covering spaces that may be stretched | TENSILE |
| Plant nothing in drink | ALOE |
| Reliable sort of music | ROCK |
| See 25 | BATOR |
| Socialist supporter securing a British isle | FABIAN |
| Sound of instrument gives sign | SYMBOL |
| Strip joints given time | DIVEST |
| Stupid stories about journalist’s headmaster | DUMBLEDORE |
| Supreme general | OVERALL |
| Things discharged from cortege, startlingly | EGESTA |
| Tough composer endlessly set in stone | RUBBERY |