The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,452 – Mar 9 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ECSTATIC, HEBRON, Paris, PILASTER.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Allied with Italian, twice scoffed about leader here |
CONFEDERATE |
| Climber’s endless hunger to be among celebs |
ALPINIST |
| Device that sucks up a drink |
CAVA |
| Dispensing with clothing, avow gods root for cult |
VOODOO |
| Does one run away? I’m not sure about run |
ELOPER |
| Drops bags for one to recover |
REGAIN |
| Enjoy capturing knight in Paris, who is to surrender |
RELINQUISH |
| Failure to recall men deployed in the East |
AMNESIA |
| Frame opening demand of horrid letter |
RACKRENT |
| Game to have a couple of drinks? That’s surprising |
GINRUMMY |
| Hack lies with part in column |
PILASTER |
| Is he a pain in the neck? |
RICK |
| Leader no longer touring round country |
CAMEROON |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Make gloomy record on the period we live in |
DISCOURAGE |
| Marshal competitors needing to strip off |
TITO |
| Old artefact broken by boozer in China, say |
REPUBLIC |
| One launching projectiles knocked over player in the slips |
BLUNDERBUSS |
| Over sixteen letters |
ATOP |
| Raves where ecstasy’s dropped by an underground warrior |
PARTISAN |
| Repressed writer to behave like a randy animal |
PENTUP |
| Setter makes unfair remarks about Irishman, perhaps |
ISLANDER |
| Sort of cream pudding, one from Raymond Blanc |
AFTERSUN |
| Uncovered part of New York, a holy city |
HEBRON |
| Where financiers are still doolally |
ECSTATIC |
| Wrong marks doubled in current exam |
IMMORAL |
| £51 in cash |
LIQUID |