The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,514 – May 20 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ARBITER, BEER, CALLOW, CUDGEL, HIPPOCRATES, LATHE, THOROUGH, UPPERCUT.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Alien hiding in public dance is lacking restraint |
OVERTHETOP |
| Blunder has rascal guillotined |
ERROR |
| Cad runs over appealing carnivore |
ROTTER |
| Camera socket stolen by son with long-handled instrument |
HOTSHOE |
| Children’s game gets you and me in river |
TAGUS |
| Eat away at fuel element in heart of reactor |
CORRODE |
| God’s in charge of working animal |
CARTHORSE |
| Greet bad weather |
HAIL |
| Hard-hearted? Girl not so much! |
RUTHLESS |
| He attracts constituents but only with difficulty |
ATASTRETCH |
| Immature animal eats everything |
CALLOW |
| Jacob’s wife finds the meadow hot |
LEAH |
| Judge a royal nipper |
ARBITER |
| Look suggestively back in the dance |
REEL |
| Model wearing fewer clothes? |
LESSON |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Mrs Mopp has time to recycle liqueur |
CHARTREUSE |
| Open vessel journalist upset |
OVERTURNED |
| Part of the creche longs for rank |
ECHELON |
| Place trap carelessly and this could be upset |
APPLECART |
| Relative gets a halt signal that’s not vindicated |
UNCLEARED |
| Siren in car sent hens crazy |
ENCHANTRESS |
| Stick semi-digested food with jelly |
CUDGEL |
| Superior reduced strike |
UPPERCUT |
| Theatre company dislike picture |
REPRESENT |
| Travel across German mountain range |
RIDGE |
| Trendy Italian banker boxes celebrated doctor |
HIPPOCRATES |
| Turner is delayed about an hour |
LATHE |
| Utter nothing in between |
THOROUGH |
| Worker gets king a drink |
BEER |
| Youth to generate transformation |
TEENAGER |