The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,541 – Jun 20 2018
Published in The Telegraph Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BOAR, DEALT, LUDO, PROTESTANT, Russia, SACRAMENT, SCRABBLE.
| 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 |