The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,576 – Jul 31 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ADRIFT, BAYLEAF, COCKER, EMOTIONAL, MISTRIAL, MONSOON, TICKLISH, US.
| Clues |
Answers |
| 18 not 51, may be vulgar |
KITSCH |
| A dreamer with no name is fragrant |
AROMATIC |
| A moonlit romance ultimately makes one thus |
EMOTIONAL |
| All-out extremely tight sumo wrestling |
UTMOST |
| Channel something heard well |
SOUND |
| Credit slip uncovered: don’t say a word — it’s sensitive |
TICKLISH |
| Cultivated member ate out |
FARMED |
| Decide about a city in the US |
SEATTLE |
| Declared 48 hours before D-day, what makes privates presentable |
BIDET |
| Evenly and softly to begin with, that’s right: not so hard |
EASIER |
| Fancy diet not a cure |
ANTI |
| Fiendish foxtrot gives way to tango from within |
INTERNAL |
| Flinch from overflow in cesspit |
WINCE |
| Going nowhere in commercial break |
ADRIFT |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Had search party status evaluated externally |
POSSESSED |
| Harsh lectures to the audience |
COARSE |
| Help turned into helping waves |
RADIATION |
| Leaves to set up taxi firm |
TOBACCO |
| Poor hearing, when one is in the wind |
MISTRIAL |
| See 16 |
DOTE |
| Small dog locker with doubled top |
COCKER |
| Some Laurel and Hardy finally in a fable that’s been rewritten |
BAYLEAF |
| Start off continent expedition |
HASTE |
| Sun now, then rain |
MONSOON |
| The next sound as well is a bird |
COCKATOO |
| Then compete and start to turn red |
SOVIET |
| Those against accepting defeat are in the soup |
CROUTONS |
| What covers essay by learner is found |
ESTABLISH |