The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,520 – May 27 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: AIRE, FORECAST, NARROW, POTENTILLA, RESTORED, SPREADSHEET, TEAPARTY.
| Clues |
Answers |
| Beryl is sometimes less than completely supple |
LISSOME |
| Boy returning to study gets let in again |
READMIT |
| Brief note on Irish autobiography |
MEMOIR |
| Chief and the old woman at home |
MAIN |
| Children’s game with children a bit of a pain |
ITCH |
| Computer program giving an instruction to bedmaker? |
SPREADSHEET |
| Dawn return to one’s dwelling |
COMEHOME |
| Fellow with one remedy giving cosmetic treatment |
MANICURE |
| Follower showing hot wrath against cricket side |
HANGERON |
| Friend who cleans out the stables? |
MUCKER |
| Fuss not yet dealt with |
TODO |
| Helping after silly late change |
ALTERATION |
| I lead the singers; I’m working with orchestra |
CHOIRMASTER |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Islander putting a dead bird in tin |
SAMOAN |
| Manual actions in service taking a long time |
MASSAGES |
| Mended and put back in stock room? |
RESTORED |
| Mighty harmful, a plant |
POTENTILLA |
| Move rapidly in chosen profession? |
CAREER |
| Precise pointer to north |
NARROW |
| Reacts badly after Foreign Office prediction |
FORECAST |
| River song being heard |
AIRE |
| Soldier describes one form of punishment |
CORPORAL |
| Still revolutionary, having a role in American political movement |
TEAPARTY |
| The acres translated into alternative units |
HECTARES |
| This writer’s left to provide meaning |
IMPORT |
| Try to get list set up as one with a succession policy? |
TESTATOR |