The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,485 – Apr 16 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMERICA, BANANA, CRUSTACEA, KIDNAP, PROTECTION, WHOA.
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| 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 |