The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,455 - Mar 13 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,455 - Mar 13 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
I retired, nursing left eye	OGLE
Kiddies regularly team up, in theory	IDEALLY
Lie about money being short	LOLL
Magic words to stir Tory sheep	HEYPRESTO
Massive wife, four fifths of a ton	WEIGHTY
Places book of vacuous theatrical anecdotes under 'A'	ATLAS
Playing percussion very fast	SUPERSONIC
Puts spikes behind back of Co-op	PLACES
Recurrent Gibraltar issue escalating greatly	BIGTIME
Seeing quite boring people rowing	EYESIGHT
Sentimental drunk wearing Y-fronts inside out and back to front	SLUSHY
Starts to open wine after top award	BESTOW
Thick-skinned beast, Mr Hyde on rampage after cover-up	PACHYDERM
Voicing full agreement	PACT

Clues	Answers
Act honourably and skin fruit for Spooner	PLAYFAIR
Alcoholic drink is truly an evil	RUSTYNAIL
Arachne engulfed by a campfire, accidentally as it first seems	PRIMAFACIE
Aunt Georgia oddly lacking internal organs	UTERI
British family on island initially imprisoned for skimpy clothing	BIKINI
Custom of not returning to collect bones over time	TRADITION
Drinker finally ejected from hot and humid local	TOPICAL
Exuberance of black cat	BOUNCE
Fancy a hundred and thirty days on frozen water?	CAPRICE
Fool around with unknown Lilliputian	TINY
Foul pole vault leaving Virginia seething	POLLUTE
Frank tore after dog in DC	DIRECTCURRENT
Fur coat stolen from Merc store	ERMINE
Gentleman enquiring about house paint	ENAMEL
Grandma's tent out of bounds for Arctic explorer	NANSEN