The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,331 - Oct 17 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,331 - Oct 17 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
A long time in the business of a beastly king	LEONINE
Argue over remedy for an aching tooth	HAVEITOUT
Author of People In Israel	SIMENON
Clergyman keeps setter humble	DEMEAN
Coarseness makes stomachs turn	SMUT
Dehydrated in the Kalahari Desert	ARID
Distance Tory leader goes into pond	METRE
During audition, amateur is most uninteresting	TAMEST
Endorsement for Sicilian leaders' good temperament	SIGNATURE
Exercise about to strengthen soldiers' disposition	PLACEMENT
German party is subdued	GRAVE
Goddess makes man exist	HEBE
Hospital appears on direction indicator in London	HARROW
Husband put in place, wandering in religious venue	CHAPEL
Husband's manner stung? That's dis­tressing?	HAIRCUT

Clues	Answers
Inscrutable Tories assembled in the City	ESOTERIC
Is it a rum cocktail that's sweet?	TIRAMISU
Island lacking a clergyman	MINORCANON
Mammoth's initially grey in colour	HUGE
Moans about time in places of interest	SIGHTS
Most of the elite found in ancient Egypt	THEBES
Peacekeepers heard but not yet proven	UNTRIED
Player paused awkwardly and slowed down	EASEDUP
Priest's crime taking time in a clerical residence	PARSONAGE
Student's oddly guarded nature	UNDERGRADUATE
Study the odds before broadcast	SPREAD
Theologian to have main meal about six	DIVINE
Tone down a painter's medium	TEMPERA
Virtuoso keeps old-fashioned duke on friendly terms	ACQUAINTED