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 |