The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,451 – Mar 8 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: CALCIFICATION, DUMBLEDORE, OVERALL, ROCK.
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 |