The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,223 - Jun 13 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,223 - Jun 13 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Annalist busy acquiring old papers	NATIONALS
August men in provincial party rising	PROUD
Bad-tempered mare's last to leave, no doubt	SURLY
Cardinal rejecting anything northern	TWO
Champion for second time close to failure	PROMOTE
Danger signal featuring after 6 at Monza?	REDFLAG
Decline to fix number of games	SET
Dismay as a neighbour of Santa turns up?	APPAL
Firm with policies making home safer?	INSURER
Hardened criminal isn't seen casing area	INSENSATE
Harry O'Brien and a Scotsman	ABERDONIAN
Inconsistent rules accepted during matches	DOUBLESTANDARDS
Italian lady introduced to London nanny	DONNA
Line lost in presenting account to posh colleague with forked tongue?	BILINGUALLY
Means of paying bill a peer's pocketed	POSTALORDER

Clues	Answers
National reps adjusted cost price (reduced) on charter	DIPLOMATICCORPS
New blade flipped in deception's getting sharper	STEEPENING
Offers more than one penny, pre-decimal in ordinary words	OVERBIDS
Old Bill nabbing revolutionary for one	AGED
On boy's return, adult leaves test for a breather	NOSTRIL
One way to fix bad credit?	DEBITCARD
Person responsible for laying out poet	SPENDER
Person wanting to keep piano up played again	REPRISED
Pope's restricting abbey's latest provision for e-10	PAYPAL
Promissory note imbued with a delicate blue — whatever next?	IASKYOU
Pure Cockney politician reviewed top-class games venue	OLYMPIA
Slob in bar, knocking it back?	BOOZEUP
Stimulant — love it, second boxer admitted	DIGITALIS
Thoroughly weary butcher	DOIN
Verbally stop item written by 10	CHEQUE