The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,588 – Aug 14 2018
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: CLOSED, INEVERDID, MINCEDOATHS, SHOP, SPOILER, TOED, US.
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 |