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 |