The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,481 – Apr 11 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMILEOFF, CHAPMAN, CRUELLER, PALINODE, SCRAPE, SUPERDUPER, WAIVER.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| According to judges, sons are not consanguineous | INLAWS |
| Appear vaguely in room, where one goes mad unnoticed | LOOM |
| Bawdy author’s first mob, so to speak | RABELAIS |
| Be proud of rhubarb that Mrs Grundy’s bottled | PROTRUDE |
| Be undecided about one claim forgone | WAIVER |
| Church oversees exam for singers | CHORAL |
| European misses out on a new beginning | GERM |
| Flowers return, fed with nitrogen, I detect | SENSOR |
| For delivery to a force to be reckoned with | CAREOF |
| He led miners from cliff to ravine | SCARGILL |
| Huge old quantity halved in a sort of arithmetic | MONUMENTAL |
| I have no leisure — almost behind, for example, in verse | IAMBUS |
| I make careless mistake in feeble poem, after change of heart | PALINODE |
| In predicament, fight with energy | SCRAPE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Keeping wife and Jack working, makes index | DOWJONES |
| Kind of kitten or cat, one included in bill | ATOMIC |
| King cobra kills every other Russian | IGOR |
| Lied about being unemployed | IDLE |
| More than one firm Tory type rejecting Heath from tedium | CONSORTIUM |
| Part of Atlantic’s valuable reserve that’s not yet exploited | VIRGINSOIL |
| Pen a note: check boxes measuring small dimensions | NANOTECH |
| Some roofs are abused | SLATED |
| Sympathised with one sort of public house under pressure | PITIED |
| Top-class con man? | SUPERDUPER |
| Two blokes meeting pedlar | CHAPMAN |
| Very inaccurate shot (where one saw it coming?) | AMILEOFF |
| Vineyard Frenchwoman runs with less compassion | CRUELLER |
| What is in Washington? Start to explore and gape | DEHISCE |