The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 27,132 – Feb 28 2017 Crossword Solution
Clues |
Answers |
… some smart aleck, no wit allegedly |
KNOWITALL |
Associates fool with first workers |
ASSISTANTS |
Catch a train before poisonous bite |
PUFFERFISH |
Could George first digest bananas, before eating good Italian breakfast dish |
EGGSBENEDICT |
Cover sound like a 50 cent song |
WRAP |
Degas evacuated and bathed before putting big picture in bog |
SWAMPLANDS |
Dickens character who undertakes to be a coffin maker |
SOWERBERRY |
Frankfurter’s number one bun? Don’t start! |
NEUN |
Gets and holds down |
DEPRESSES |
Hawk’s equipment has a double catch |
SKATEBOARD |
Hitherto, two notes are joined |
SOFAR |
I hear an American poet solved the riddle of the pseudo hotel patron … |
MYSTERYGUEST |
Indian product of French-Italian agreement |
DESI |
Knocked back beer and wine, then put on a French undergarment |
UNDERSLIP |
Clues |
Answers |
Land is endlessly sacred |
ACRE |
Little pot, good for putting on |
SHORTGRASS |
Malaysian township, whence traveller returns to capital |
PERAI |
Periods where Fry’s sons choose SATS, some say |
DAYS |
Preliminary drawing of drink from the barrel, say |
DRAFT |
Springs soldiers quietly within |
SPAS |
Strength of support arranged inside unopened truss |
STURDINESS |
The Origins of a Species popularised savage serpents |
ASPS |
To wound and wander, destitute |
DOWNANDOUT |
Tory leader on board for English flower |
TRENT |
Untangle for a natural hairdo |
AFRO |
Upset, as pedants often follow cuts |
ANDPASTES |
Why, say, a setter here is disturbed about a Spanish uncle — it’s enough to take one’s breath away |
ASPHYXIATION |
You might at Halloween see Robert on top of slapper, drunk |
BOBFORAPPLES |