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 |