The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,498 – May 1 2018

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Clues	Answers
… one agrees for fool to come in	ASSENTER
100 locks for furniture	CHA
1000 + 1 + 50 + 0 + 50? It’s about a unit	KILOLITRE
Answer parsed cryptically and placed far apart	ASPREAD
As football team loses a league, 1 to 100	ARSENIC
At position in A&E wanting 6	ASTATINE
Backtrack with Poles moving in …	SPONSOR
Be 51 stone in front, without odd tummy	BERYLLIUM
Capable of two thirds output? That’s dodgy	UPTO
CD music made poorly, lacking special energy	CADMIUM
Co-pilot finally completes putting fuel over nose of Boeing	COBALT
Delivered my first line?	QUEUE
Democrat very upset by party’s old computer system	DOS
Earl with posh car? Perhaps this is to be human	ERR
Er … er … twice the amount of hesitation	ERBIUM
EU’s regret over drug	EUROPIUM

Clues	Answers
He’s a priest, surrounded by noise	HELIUM
I dine out after 10	IODINE
Important old city fellow	URGENT
In wind, I umpire inside	INDIUM
Measure direction using sound	WEIGH
No prize? I’m to receive 2nd cup	NOBELIUM
O’Grady in orthodox drag to make endings funny	OXYGEN
Perfect summer month for record drink	MINTJULEP
Praised young Miliband after his elevation, say	LAUDED
S-setter retired to tour the capital of Latvia	SULFUR
See 16	IRS
Substitute for axes	PROXY
Terminate Sierra, Romeo, Quebec, Papa?	STOP
Toy eaten up by Lord Wolf	COYOTE
Writer like Nelson?	COLUMNIST
Youngsters left inside discos	CLUBS