The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 26,821 – Mar 2 2016 Crossword Solution
| Clues |
Answers |
| Advanced Guardian leader penned by a couple of journalists |
EDGED |
| Air coming up through middle buttonhole, perhaps |
CORSAGE |
| Backward country’s government relinquished control |
REIN |
| Decrepit sheep has to hobble |
RAMSHACKLE |
| Elite eatery brought up posh wines in container |
GASTROPUB |
| Excursion to game taken up |
TOUR |
| Fish first to sink to the bottom after time delay |
TARDINESS |
| Four lines written about ordinary 1 down |
IVORY |
| Get to eat out with head of firm |
FETCH |
| Good man churlishly giving up last dessert |
STRUDEL |
| I lend an ear, desperate to get a booster |
ADRENALINE |
| Informally christen unbeliever heading off round Thailand |
ENTITLE |
| Is rent scam their undoing? |
MISCREANTS |
| Jerseys may be kept here, we’re told, for customer |
BUYER |
| KO said to cause fracture |
FLAW |
| Like the Yeti greeting someone from further east? |
HIMALAYAN |
| Clues |
Answers |
| Medic thrust end of stretcher into lift |
REGISTRAR |
| Most of group left in care, causing local irritation |
CARBUNCLE |
| No pressure to maintain large part of boat |
KEEL |
| On reduction of toll, tenor went on a bender |
KNELT |
| Perish in passage, a nasty way to die |
GAROTTE |
| Play part on cross in cathedral? That’s right |
EXACTLY |
| Posh folk with no capital coming in |
ENTRY |
| Post Office admitting stolen figure’s a facsimile |
PHOTOSTAT |
| Ringer gets end of bell-rope in a tangle |
TWINE |
| Subject to schoolwork, he may get the chance to go on |
UNDERSTUDY |
| Terrific comic, not second best |
CREAM |
| The Parisian stopping goals needs cunning all the time |
ENDLESSLY |
| Too frank, essentially: he didn’t get a place |
ALSORAN |
| Union engaged in similar outlandish adherence to form |
RITUALISM |
| Unorthodox young lady’s announcement’s in character, almost |
LADETTE |
| Vigilante extremists blocking rum trade warded off |
AVERTED |