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.
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 |