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.
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 |