The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,799 - Apr 18 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,799 - Apr 18 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
MC occasionally bears gift after promotion	PRESENTER
Notice books in the 19?	SPOTLIT
Ollie nervously hosts northern playwright	ONEILL
Pay for a, say, revolting series of frames	FOOTAGE
Record first of fifty-one starters for Le Mans	FILM
Rogue gunmen's state	RASCAL
Ruler found in school ground	TERRAIN
Shed light on old school straddling state borders	EXPOSED
State's mean, cutting time	AVER
Stump male in role reversal	TRAMP
Tender chest after scrubbing front	OFFER
They clean tables with excellent mops	WAITRESSES
Wag papers etc during trick	COMEDIAN
Writer's Spanish article pricks faint public interest	LIMELIGHT

Clues	Answers
A single rock's hiding top lady's shorts	ONEREELERS
Black bishop rings Times about Young Conservatives	BOYCOTT
Cleans feet crossing river	HOOVERS
Community on holiday like beds in caravans	FOLDAWAY
Cup-and-ball in past helping child in tavern	POTBOY
Dandy perhaps stuffs old note in volume	COMIC
Exponent of 14 fell defending a service	KARNO
Fatty Arbuckle, initially poised, cracks up	ADIPOSE
Friend's about to tolerate knockabout antics	SLAPSTICK
Hand over a scene describing The Great Dictator?	FASCIST
He wants things just so ropes etc fit in buggy	PERFECTIONIST
Improved script about western ceremony	REWRITE
In the Channel Islands everyone has a duty to arrange transport	CALLATAXI
Joe's over in a small sports bar serving woman	ABIGAIL
Like early 10s, one's rising fast	SILENT