The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,485 – Apr 16 2018

Clues	Answers
‘Pole lifted stolen goods’ — that’s an informer	STOOLIE
26 perhaps the result of acid attack on hotshot in California	CRUSTACEA
After a dispute, subdue with sweetener	ASPARTAME
Call to stop lying in new hoax	WHOA
Criminal boss — the first one died violently	BADDIE
Criminal libel: ‘US thugs’	BULLIES
Deal with body of crime writer	HANDLE
Detective on racket: ‘It’s fishy’	SCAMPI
Eat into racket with threats at its core	DINE
Examine local yokels — to put through the wringer	LOOKCLOSELYAT
Fight roughly, getting head knocked off	BOUT
Fixed charge for flycatcher	FLATBILL
Gang gets time over botched raid	TRIAD
Gang joined by Italian-American stripper?	MOBIUS
Helping or turning back detective taken in by this criminal racket	PROTECTION

Clues	Answers
Here in Ohio, crime reported twice (returning thanks, Boatman)	CINCINNATI
Hunters, winging it in battered deerstalkers, dare to go out	KESTRELS
If man performs evil acts, charge him — leaders included	IMPEACH
Menacing suggestion: loser beaten up with rifle butt	ORELSE
Not exactly The Big Sleep, taking DNA in abduction case	KIDNAP
Of late, wrong to demand with menaces	EXTORT
Part of gun detective loses points to a Scandinavian location	STOCKHOLM
Prohibition: having three in charge	INTERDICT
Recite Farewell, My Lovely from memory	BYHEART
Sarcasm not unknown as a weapon in the US	IRON
Tomorrow, exchange money for Bahamas’ foremost fruit	BANANA
Tough guy who investigated more lawbreaking	MARLOWE
US lawman conceals memory of tragedy?	DRAMA
Where organised crime penetrated society that rejected drink	AMERICA