The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,464 – Mar 23 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ANIMAL, APOCALYPSE, Louis Armstrong, New Orleans, PLUMBAGO, REATA.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A bit like Snowball, short of energy with running | WHIT |
| An American writer describes brief WI music disaster | APOCALYPSE |
| Call in agent, getting ruffled? | FRINGED |
| Contest opens very tense council | SOVIET |
| Emperor shows his dissent, seizing a stick | NAPOLEON |
| European Union abandoning work worried complex | ELABORATE |
| Fan mail distributed by branch for 7’s 23 across | ANIMAL |
| Fellow member retired during programme | COMRADE |
| Finish off incredible eastern story | TALE |
| Fodder is tossed, then left to mature | SILAGE |
| Handle staff rises by end of June | NAME |
| Heated dry nuts, finally parched, desiccated | DEHYDRATED |
| Hybrid bulbel the Spanish introduced | BLUEBELL |
| Let’s stand back to front | LEASE |
| Munch nosh all up, out eating good pub fare | PLOUGHMANSLUNCH |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Obliged school to enrol representative English learners | COMPELLED |
| Officer carried over short distance with soldier | COMMANDANT |
| Old container brought round before getting pig out | OVEREAT |
| Order people filling in survey to start again | RECOMMENCE |
| Popular chestnut fencing timber | LARCH |
| Pound nut holding a large stone | PALPITATE |
| Quietly back complaint in plant | PLUMBAGO |
| Rope in Spanish mare at Ascot boxes | REATA |
| See 20 | FARM |
| Short work made of some material star collected | NOVELLA |
| Statesman, say, circulated paper I submitted | GEORGIAN |
| Suffolk river or its source? | ORWELL |
| Tasteful priest delivered clothing | SAPID |
| Wee hit | NUMBERONE |