The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,002 – Sep 28 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| 8 unmasking red, risky operation still |
TINKERTAILOR |
| A flavour eating donkey, part braised |
ALACASSEROLE |
| Barely covering the fundamentals of rules, insufficient for legal expert |
JURIST |
| Base including second home |
ROOST |
| Baseball player shot due to rifle |
OUTFIELDER |
| Be brave at first in bending the rule of law in advance notice of possible charges? |
BEWARE |
| Both journeys on a return ticket to remote location |
OUTBACK |
| Bottom of charts, not very good track |
SPOOR |
| Factor when last in race, fast catching me |
ELEMENT |
| Flash speed not good enough |
SECONDRATE |
| For the future then? Yours truly, for starters |
ANTIPASTI |
| Irritating devil, perhaps, penning average score for 1960s’ song |
ITCHYCOO |
| Lead key or bolt, ultimately |
ESCORT |
| Mission accomplished, like another military operation on all fronts |
ALAMO |
| Most adequate unit of current, just in case |
AMPLEST |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Nut pasta |
NOODLE |
| Old vessel, ship under contract, originally transporting yarn swiftly |
CUTTYSARK |
| One isn’t a worker behind party issue |
CONSONANT |
| One’s despicable list |
HEEL |
| See 16 |
PARK |
| See 18 |
SOLDIERSPY |
| See 19 |
BULL |
| See 19 |
OFTHE |
| See 24 |
JUNIORS |
| Soccer team from Louisiana, one beset by yobs |
BOCA |
| Source of information in the Times about bird |
INTERNET |
| Tail of nuthatch in bird book |
THRILLER |
| True to form, runner put on old coat, perhaps? |
OUTERWEAR |
| Well, what might have me beatified? |
MYGOODNESS |
| Will official survive in the end, after old court restructured? |
EXECUTOR |