The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,578 – Aug 2 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ALAMO, LATERAL, OVERISSUE, PSYCHO, REARER, Vietnam, WINDOW, WRONG.
Spread the love
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Bearing of player in the Iran-Contra affair | NORTH |
| Bottom of messy drain | NADIR |
| Continue with German sausage roll? Not I | RENEW |
| Country ignoring church, starting to descend into sin | GREED |
| Craving for flour — is it regular? | LUST |
| Crew finally returns from Vietnam | MAN |
| Direction to the Guardian’s street | WEST |
| Dowager welcomes knight’s opening | WINDOW |
| Fuel container Tom can’t use, but ___? | JERRYCAN |
| Green Goblin initially breaks into Number 10 — Spider-man’s unaffected by this | VERTIGO |
| Griffin she turned into food | FISHFINGER |
| Grown out of Nick Park’s 1993 trousers? | WRONG |
| In the future city goes left, then sideways | LATERAL |
| Infamous doughnuts, with holes on the outside, eaten in North America | NOTORIOUS |
| Like Jack in The Shining: extremely scary – chop, chop! | PSYCHO |
| Maybe I swear to overthrow the French | VOWEL |
| Men’s back exercise — skipping, say? | ROPE |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Mmmm … I’m upset by large cats | MILLIONS |
| Money problem for the shoe-dwelling old woman? | OVERISSUE |
| Offers to capture rebel leader and those taking flight | BIRDS |
| Officials arrest girls misbehaving without latitude | REGISTRARS |
| One bringing up children behind the Queen | REARER |
| Ripped into eight or nine pieces | TORN |
| Siege in the style of Farah? | ALAMO |
| Small European bird spotted in outskirts of Prague | PETITE |
| Spoil bag, so tea’s stewed | SABOTAGE |
| Stop fighting when armistice really starts | POSTWAR |
| Take for a ride via trams? | OUTSMART |
| Tip of rhubarb? No, I crave tripe! | CARNIVORE |
| Trouble in bed? Politician’s nail breaks | COMPLAINT |
| Uri can’t bend screen | CURTAIN |
| Vehicle that carries regular team and another | TAXI |
| Young English 8? | CUBE |