The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,344 - Nov 2 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,344 - Nov 2 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'The last shall be first' in the aforementioned spirit of the age	ETHOS
Backer of women's lib regretted trapping rodents	GERBILS
Belt keeping sailor's clothing in order	HABIT
Commentators use it to take exception to score, at least in gym	PRESENTTENSE
Cruder nurseryman preferring small son to wife	GROSSER
Doctor rising in haste dressed with extreme energy	HARDEST
For instance, worker in business producing plant	EGLANTINE
German siren from trad­ition that is left over	LORELEI
Get rid of one's skin	CUTIS
In it one should see see batter and jam	LAMPLIGHT
Leaving hospital, crook hastened to city area	EASTEND
Most needing company switched tellies on	LONELIEST
Native close to joining argument in pub	INGROWN
One line in translated prose, a giveaway of what's to come	SPOILER

Clues	Answers
Pets — little ones catching mice, oddly advanced	TOMCATS
Ploughing thus removes a small mammal	HARVESTMOUSE
Pronounced lordly customs, such as those at Kew engage in?	HORTICULTURE
River 51 miles west of two others	LIMPOPO
Sexy French female with naughty child entering town hall	HOTELDEVILLE
Small bit of anatomy, such as Spooner's Manx cat has?	TOENAIL
Somewhat appalled, one's tempted to stray	LEDON
Sportingly, Ruth often got this housekeeper's job done?	HOMERUN
They'll try to seize article within bikers' grasp	RAIDERS
Toxic element turning up in seawater is molybdenum	BROMINE
Warning to pull in behind docked boat crew?	OARSMEN
We're told to record a metre as aid to calcu­lation	LOGARITHM
Where Harry learnt to lose weight — hard for society artist	HOGARTH
Wife's exposed buxom rival with no heart	UXORIAL