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 |