The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,481 – Apr 11 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMILEOFF, CHAPMAN, CRUELLER, PALINODE, SCRAPE, SUPERDUPER, WAIVER.
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 |