The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,714 – January 10 2019
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: ALLSTAR, LUMBER, NOPE, VISAGE.
| Clues | Answers |
| 20, smarter one’s skedaddled | NATTER |
| Avoiding military police in breaking jail | JUMPING |
| Bemoan king imprisoned by soldier and never discovered? | GRIEVE |
| Can’t stay alive without oxygen, whatever the damage | ATANYCOST |
| Constable possibly tailing Tory fraudster? | CONARTIST |
| Current strength for each time period, starting with a month | AMPERAGE |
| Delight in French refrain | ENCHANT |
| Extremely granular cereal used for bread at one time | GROATS |
| Face rival, having to give in | VISAGE |
| Fish from river in dispute | SPRAT |
| Harry’s inherently appealing | PERSECUTE |
| Insect ingested by supremely reckless antelope | WILDEBEEST |
| Joe Bloggs’s name very peculiar | EVERYMAN |
| Last couple of people supporting expensive addition to church? | STEEPLE |
| Maidens during church trip putting on airs | MINCE |
| Musical measure for feet and arms? | SWORDDANCE |
| Orator’s backing cardinal | FOUR |
| Refuse burden | LUMBER |
| Rule out elevated part for poor player | RABBIT |
| Signs of corruption due to misplaced zeal in home counties | SLEAZE |
| Six others primarily behind abuse | VIOLATE |
| Sound control evident as forceful goddess ran into HM | POTENTIOMETER |
| Standard sailor suit has one | JACK |
| Stomach-related wind illusory, so they say | GASTRIC |
| Strange case of eccentric Scot due to inherit | SUCCEEDTO |
| Utter scoundrels in the ascendant, second-raters excepted | ALLSTAR |
| Wellington also bowled over | BOOT |
| Withdrawal of record possible? No way | NOPE |
| Youngster looking flushed mounted steps | LADDER |