The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,506 – May 10 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AMENABLE, ATROPHY, PAIN, PAT, PLAY, STING, UPPERS, USSR.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| A people fit and willing | AMENABLE |
| Bird sound, piano and song — it’s murder! | FOUL |
| Bringer of tidings needs support — Mother Nature, primarily | POSTMAN |
| Church doorkeeper moved to Syria | OSTIARY |
| Drugs that are incorporated into shoes | UPPERS |
| Dry sort of northern £1 note across the sea | NONDRINKER |
| Energy produce by sun in equivalent type of oil | SESAME |
| Footwear riddle (opening’s moved to heel) | TRAINERS |
| Go in pursuit of pleasure without currency, old man! | GRANDAD |
| Grand farmhouse fruit, good for nothing | GRANGE |
| Hand back old man left in Gap | APPLAUSE |
| Hastings has, on the outside, abandoned incense | STING |
| High Tory capers will do | RIGHTYHO |
| King enters affair with army corps backing — he has weapons | ARMOURER |
| Name a god ending in Y | RAY |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Nation of Trump senior, a major power no more | USSR |
| Neglect your garden plants? Not on the surface | UNDERWATER |
| Novel serving of mashed potato? | SCOOP |
| Play area feature? Not exactly | ROUNDABOUT |
| Produce charged particles and celebrate topless | IONISE |
| Racing driver family’s rise | HILL |
| Reverse dancing? Precisely | PAT |
| See 2 | PLAY |
| Shrink one spoils | ATROPHY |
| Suffering light that’s pronounced | PAIN |
| Tai chi term for development work on figures | ARITHMETIC |
| Thigh or rib lead housing far from attractive | HORRIBLE |
| Way a good sort nurses Rowan, perhaps | STREET |
| When to be rejected by wind god | SATURN |
| Wife, decline to carry on! | WAGE |