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.
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 |