The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,467 – Mar 26 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ADORN, AXILLA, Death Wish, SHELF, SWEETBASIL.
| Clues |
Answers |
| After French bread and jams |
STICKS |
| Boatman displaces everyone, starting obliquely and cruelly |
ABUSIVELY |
| Boatman’s back with a change of heading — the French in retreat, unchanging |
ETERNAL |
| Boy ran out of one type of bread |
GARY |
| Bread is torn apart by gull? |
SEABIRD |
| Brown bread for the Queen? |
TOAST |
| By eating a small loaf with this, one may avoid getting damper |
BROLLY |
| Commends review of nurses taking temperature twice |
ENTRUSTS |
| Elaborate sequel to Death Wish for now |
PASSINGFANCY |
| Fresh white loaf fed the start of bread production |
FIELDOFWHEAT |
| Greek character that’s undone embracing Echo |
THETA |
| Greek character, a bold man born at odds |
AGAMEMNON |
| Handles sliced white, a lady’s |
WIELDS |
| Herb we eat with bliss, when cooked |
SWEETBASIL |
| Interrupts holiday — that’s wrong |
BREAKSIN |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Loaf produced by Chinese people burying one |
HANGAROUND |
| Looking ahead, is gene changed to give new finish to Irish loaf? |
FARSEEING |
| Milled grain for a bloomer, say |
CORNFLOUR |
| Nasty review about Beethoven’s Ninth |
NOTNICE |
| Quick butcher’s got you turned around, say, and cut open |
EYEGLANCE |
| Raised heated note out loud instead |
HEFTED |
| Round loaf with wild hazels |
COBNUTS |
| Rustic bread ingredient specified in letters |
SPELT |
| Soft bread, when legal |
TENDER |
| Spooner’s rascal ran off, getting damper in Australia? |
FLATBREAD |
| Substitute rum, the central element in hot toddy |
DODUTY |
| Surge observed in chapati — delicious! |
TIDE |
| They’re often seen swimming as a pair in a pool |
DUCKS |
| Trim a slice of bread or naan |
ADORN |
| Woman puts crust of loaf on place in cupboard |
SHELF |