The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,581 – Aug 6 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ABBOT, ABC, CRANMER, CREPITANT, FACECREAM, STEMMED, WILLIAMS.
| 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 |