The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 924 - Jul 30 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 924 - Jul 30 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
About to take drug at a second rate 18 centre	REHAB
Act as advocate for drunken teen with cider	INTERCEDE
Animal living in hollow trees moves unsteadily	TOTTERS
Back and butt dreadfully sore	ENDORSE
Bargain on English bird	SNIPE
Be first to suffer from effect of extreme cold	FROSTBITE
Bishop opening up to children	BROOD
Charm her with a mad tea party guest!	MARCHHARE
Critic and editor standing on farm machinery	DETRACTOR
Discourage fellow delivering soap	DETERGENT
Duchess's last cleaner in drive to get an additional payment	SURCHARGE
Egg producer keeping a record of iodine, say	HALOGEN
Fish with a large spot on	IDEAL
Got news of chief crossing river	HEARD
Landlubber threatening to hide somewhere to sleep on board	BERTH
Lift one into crowd	HOIST

Clues	Answers
Lived in British India with the cook	INHABITED
Money found by government — excellent!	GRAND
Mother upset by flashy jewellery found wandering about	AMBLING
Plant gardener's first hybrid rose	GORSE
Poet Laureate with a tremor initially in favour of writing in stages	PLATFORMS
Posed wearing shiny fabric	SATIN
Rejected information about gains in savings for a rainy day	NESTEGG
Shadow cast by letter from Athens about garment	UMBRA
Split bowler's deliveries as 'extras'	LEFTOVERS
Start to treat disorder with fungus	TRUFFLE
Suitor is married, unfortunately	ADMIRER
Therapy given for troubling matter by hospital department	TREATMENT
Trustworthy salesman sitting on university board	REPUTABLE
Using repeated persuasion to get big garden redesigned	BADGERING
Very substantial award given to disheartened schoolmate	OBESE
Want the French to make parts for compasses	NEEDLES