The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,473 – Apr 2 2018

Clues	Answers
Agent the Spanish hold off	REPEL
Boundaries some defend successfully	ENDS
Commander, a bit crazy, is sectioned	COMPARTMENTAL
Copper in Essex demolished feeble defences	EXCUSES
Criminal damage? Museum gets woefully slim support!	VANDALISM
Fabric for belt requires input of skill	TARTAN
Fish in burn	CHAR
Forceful and disagreeable when imprisoning taxmen once	VIRILE
Frank individuals producing subtle innuendoes	OVERTONES
Gasp like a man in gym	PANT
Go over and scrape it off	PRACTISE
High spirits leading to broken toenail	ELATION
Lesson master put into speech	MORAL
Moral taint engulfs sinister despot	STALIN
Multitudes sign to have spymaster imprisoned	ARMIES

Clues	Answers
Native boy appears in distress	TRIBAL
Object to vermin carrying decay	PROTEST
Old relationship Ruby brought to an end	EXPIRED
One man begged to be moved	IMPRESSED
Parking by the verge is proper	PRIM
Ploughman makes lines in row	TILLER
Present and organise race	DONATION
Put pressure on one involved in a row	STROKE
Renown for coppers capturing errant minor	PROMINENCE
Restrain Paddy	TEMPER
Sceptic engaged in armed robbery?	ATHEIST
Weird game title I authorised	LEGITIMATE
Withdraw soldier’s entertainment	RETREAT
Workman’s first wife died in supermarket	STEVEDORE