The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,444 - Feb 28 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,444 - Feb 28 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Picnic, outdoor exercise	WALKIN
Punt with second payoff	KICKBACK
Quickish pace from China, knees gone might you say?	CANTER
Quite lovely	PRETTY
Quite ugly	PLAIN
Regularly appearing, exam days when school's out	XMAS
See 5	THEPARK
Slowly movin' to conceal swindle, a part of Asia	INDOCHINA
Straight part of routine a triumph	NEAT
Tinge out, 0.001kg boxes? Message noted	SINGINGTELEGRAM
Unprincipled behaviour of women, prince snaffling them all	HARLOTRY
US city airport not closing with start of operations	ORLANDO
Where, perhaps, to buy a barrier for water	ADAMSALE
With both flanks cleared, swap piece, drawing game	HANGMAN

Clues	Answers
Criticism wears down characters — but these really hurt?	STICKSANDSTONES
A Rolling Stone introduces himself after good trick	GIMMICK
Bitter cold in desert	ACRID
Bloke cut metre off plant from Australia	GUMTREE
Calibrate in a different way regarding micro-organisms	BACTERIAL
Caper has doctor incarcerated?	GAMBOL
Force doctor and staff to join corporation	MOMENTUM
Hello — a greeting interpreted the wrong way	ALOHA
In brief half-light, stop to catch first bit of warbling — like this?	DAWNCHORUS
Nonsense, such extremes entertained by low figure	MOONSHINE
Old quarter, newer design	OPART
Parasite not quite attaching to cows, due to motion	KINETIC
Patience perhaps a virtue, having invested time in a girl, foolishly	LIGHTOPERA
Pharaoh getting back scrubbed, hell amid gross depravity	TURPITUDE