The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,221 - Jun 11 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,221 - Jun 11 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
About the church in former times	ONCE
Actions against the defence	OFFENSIVES
An old joke?	JEST
Bloomer in which a pupil is involved	IRIS
Chasing a double century, I hit out and get this	ACCLAIM
End of drive?	AMBITION
Errs amid wayward lovers	ADMIRERS
Event idly arranged — obviously	EVIDENTLY
File often found after this arrest	NAIL
Foreign sailors find girl without transport	LASCARS
Instrument played in Twelfth Night	VIOLA
Ladies in fashion or models	IDEALS
Not a single mistake by a serviceman	DOUBLEFAULT
Oil wheel	CASTOR
One drawing on his teacher's advice	ARTSTUDENT

Clues	Answers
Private study	SANCTUM
Put away for safety?	IMPRISONED
Recovers from River Tees flooding	RETRIEVES
Redoing treatment for cut	IGNORED
Sail with two little boys	ROYAL
Sailor girl with unmarried sisters in her care	ABBESS
Show how Devil and Saint rank in esteem	DEMONSTRATE
Staggering along to a country in Africa	ANGOLA
Surrounded, like European capital in defeat	BESET
The very last word in negotiations?	ULTIMATUM
Though possibly original, it is less than novel	SHORTSTORY
Under pressure to turn up with sweets	DESSERTS
Very hungry creature that flies round the States	RAVENOUS
Where Albania introduced prohibition — among other things	INTERALIA
Worth millions, weary — needing uplift	MERIT