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 |