The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,581 – Aug 6 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ABBOT, ABC, CRANMER, CREPITANT, FACECREAM, STEMMED, WILLIAMS.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| ABC sure to injure back | RAMSEY |
| ABC, bird catching worm finally ending in despair | CRANMER |
| ABC, gesture eloquent in the extreme | BECKET |
| ABC, mind and body ultimately | CAREY |
| ABC, old character touring Sark etc | RUNCIE |
| Capital briefly storing pretty vacant old documents | PAPYRI |
| Capital punishment method once | STOCKS |
| Challenging in game, chip balls up? | IMPEACHING |
| Church ABC | TEMPLE |
| Cutters suffice, or otherwise | COIFFEURS |
| Dignitary ill-equipped? | NOTABLE |
| Father ABC | ABBOT |
| Figure everyone can see boarding express | STATUE |
| Five notes on paper this soothing? | FACECREAM |
| Happy with Conservative post, perhaps? | UPRIGHT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Held back — like flowering plants, perhaps? | STEMMED |
| In crib, a beautiful young child | BABE |
| In decrees, I declare myself ABC | WILLIAMS |
| Just light | FAIR |
| Nectar: it’s spread around top of pork crackling | CREPITANT |
| Not prepared for a picnic to be free? | UNHAMPERED |
| Praise ABC | LAUD |
| Psycho’s screen exhibitionist meeting death shortly | SHOWERCURTAIN |
| Raise male | COCK |
| Revolutionary abroad embracing victory swagger | BRAVADO |
| Summer in effect’s beginnings for ABC | AUGUSTINE |
| Unfortunately, dieter’s eaten last of gateau, it’s learned | ERUDITE |
| Voice carried beyond state bridge | RIALTO |
| Where people tried to crawl drunkenly around middle of pub | LAWCOURT |