The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,715 – January 11 2019
Published in The Guardian Cryptic Crossword. Tags: BRIEF, DOUBLEDOWN, EU, INEVITABLE.
| Clues | Answers |
| All possible orders of prime numbers | MENU |
| Be alive in time to be reborn for certain | INEVITABLE |
| Betrays no hiding place for anything less than a pound | OUNCES |
| Boatman finishes article on primes | THEME |
| Boatman’s helm is prime mover about tacking east at first | SHIPMATE |
| Enjoy yourself! I’ve gone out to get drunk | LITUP |
| Go back to EU, generally friendless in retreat | RENEGUE |
| He noticed creeping destruction of cultural identity | ETHNOCIDE |
| Heartless visitor delivers blow | GUST |
| Limited by metal casing in computers etc | FINITE |
| Nameless type of paint, the first to mark wood | ELM |
| Number one from one of two | ETHER |
| Perhaps a prime, cut from cube efficiently | BEEF |
| Perhaps fire English workers allowed outside | ELEMENT |
| Perhaps using skis, with the French slopes around them | WHEELLESS |
| Preach new realism about love | MORALISE |
| Prime and irrational number? Large primes can’t be this | ELEVEN |
| Prime every other T-shirt, even | THREE |
| Prime impeachment | CHARGE |
| Prime made out to include another | SEVEN |
| Prime number __ up to zero | NOWT |
| Prime suspect in deal with Government | LEADING |
| Proposal from cockney woman | OFFER |
| Rejected wordplay quietly sent back by Paul or edited | UNPOPULAR |
| Sawn-off gun raised: it is held by prime suspect on run | FUGITIVE |
| So, prime suspect is to swear oath? | PROMISE |
| Spring and Fall | TRIP |
| Teach two nurses to take on part of the crossword | ENLIGHTEN |
| They could kill & maim, say | NINJA |
| Transient prime | BRIEF |
| Trump’s usual response to criticism, Donald’s leadership heading off trouble twice as stock index falls one point | DOUBLEDOWN |
| Wrap leading edge (add less if turbulent) | NEGLIGEE |
| Zero is new factor for all primes | NONE |