The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 26,816 – Feb 25 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| … and others got up tardily |
LATE |
| A piece of one’s mind risks offending the primate |
INDRIS |
| Avoid getting hot in daylight |
SHUN |
| Concerned about alternative plot |
BOTHERED |
| Correspondence from one in association |
PARITY |
| Dance of Bedouin in desert |
SARABAND |
| Diplomat having bad year without girl |
EMISSARY |
| Doomed traders contrived to be sick beforehand |
ILLSTARRED |
| Fate keeps son at sea |
LOST |
| Folk lacking new leader’s moral values |
ETHIC |
| Get overexcited with wheeze that’s saucy |
FLIPPANT |
| Group getting the French fever |
LEAGUE |
| Hated dreadful brawl in last place to live |
DEATHROW |
| Little money for something to eat |
SHORTBREAD |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Member’s not so drunk |
LEGLESS |
| Mention a weird present |
NOMINATE |
| Once more hold back support |
REARREST |
| Punishment for party’s over the top |
LABOURCAMP |
| Put off a D-day in France with new leader |
ADJOURN |
| Recommends rendering laxatives powerless |
URGES |
| Repercussions make one representative take steps … |
IMPACT |
| Riddle of knight found under a pile of loose rock |
SCREEN |
| Scattered the salt in a discreet manner |
STEALTH |
| School head keener to get cleaning device |
SWEEPER |
| Tree in experiment is worthless |
TRASHY |
| Tyro charged group for cat |
LION |
| Understood vessel to be reserved |
TACITURN |
| Vehicle currently parking in quagmire |
SNOWPLOUGH |