The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,588 – Aug 14 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: CLOSED, INEVERDID, MINCEDOATHS, SHOP, SPOILER, TOED, US.
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| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Alan is chap involved in energised rapping — American music | appalachian |
| Attempts to keep university workshops | SMITHIES |
| Bad son kicked out of seat | ADDLE |
| Busy with aim to embrace something green? | ENGAGED |
| Californian good guy? Individual on the up | ANGELENO |
| Cleaning waste water up in to-and-fro action | SWEEPING |
| Clue to a host offering euphemistic expressions? | MINCEDOATHS |
| Colleagues work, given retrospective concession | OPPOS |
| Dealt with chum needing to collect a vehicle — something in hand | METACARPAL |
| Demand of union prevented trader doing business | CLOSED |
| Deter swimming around island for one particular swimmer | REDMULLET |
| Directed song with a gentle piano introduction | APPLIED |
| Discharge journalist that’s upset common people | DEMOB |
| End of fine game in topping sport | ICESKATING |
| More than one climber is having inner struggle | IVIES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| My friend ultimately finishes on good terms with English composer | WELL |
| Officers getting negligent little sleeper to admit wickedness | BOYSINBLUE |
| Old king advances, one first person replacing another | RAMESES |
| Old man to settle on a tree | PAPAYA |
| One losing heart when taken in by a business graduate, low form of life | AMOEBA |
| One paid US seller for food | PROVENDER |
| Report of contemptible person being kicked | TOED |
| Returning engineer flaps about nothing — one who says too much | SPOILER |
| See 14 | SPRING |
| See 20 | SHOP |
| See 24 Down | INEVERDID |
| Starts small educational organisation with one rich philanthropist | INSTIGATES |
| Stubborn person making a mess, wasting day after day | MULE |
| Time of life that’s featured in tragedy | MIDDLEAGE |
| Two instructions to be violent to achieve great success | SMASHHIT |