The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,541 – Jun 20 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BOAR, DEALT, LUDO, PROTESTANT, Russia, SACRAMENT, SCRABBLE.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Arriving at airport, female leaves confinement | LYINGIN |
| Baffling old cases that can be hard to interpret | LINGO |
| Blackberry jam for one in authority | BRAMBLE |
| Brief supporter of games above and other game | BOAR |
| Capital hoards 1,000 bananas and legumes | MONKEYNUTS |
| Cashier collecting rabbi’s fare | TRAVELLER |
| Cast her in lead? | HEADLINER |
| Crude TV family close to top getting stitched up? | SEWING |
| Cutting as printed describes a radical lecturer | SARDONIC |
| Daughter’s unwell, losing energy, needing these? | DRAUGHTS |
| Diamonds? Pick 99 maybe | ICECREAM |
| Digital problem Bill fixed in series | CHILBLAINS |
| Endless plain in central Russia generating winds | SNAKES |
| Envoy to dine with English earl now and then | MESSENGER |
| Feel sick to some extent, heaving, sailing here? | ISLE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Game could spread across Spain | CLUEDO |
| Game I play in Rome once | LUDO |
| Grub that is given to hoi polloi | SCRABBLE |
| Lutheran’s one for his books, not me | PROTESTANT |
| Mate ends this old duty husband introduced | CHESS |
| Old newspaper put up charge | ONUS |
| Passed round plank, first of twenty | DEALT |
| Performance in hat likely to touch people | TACTILE |
| Posted over a pack for confirmation maybe | SACRAMENT |
| Royal courtesan condemned yarn spinners | RACONTEURS |
| Runs large 21 down | LADDERS |
| Scores of cinemas include it, oddly ignoring echo | INCIDENTALMUSIC |
| Temptress wrong to restrict touching | SIREN |
| This writer’s one among 160 to reach peak | CLIMAX |