The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,906 - Aug 22 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,906 - Aug 22 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Politician dismissing case of rabble	HOWE
Politician serving suggestion with eggs, reportedly?	HAMMOND
Politician's baby	DARLING
See 24	VERDE
See 26	SUGAR
Self-pitying politician, finally removed	MAUDLIN
Sinister character I back	IAGO
So-called rubbish artist	BOSCH
Sprinkles powder on tidied hair, both at the back and fringes	DREDGES
Star reversing in luggage van	VEGA
Sweet thing, a Scot unfortunately beset by wind	GALACTOSE
Top always top in dominant European country	CAPE
Warmer on entering flat in south- central England?	BEDSPREAD
When twin has dropped in, visiting house, passing comment	LASTWORDS
Where American car may be a great deal below average, man!	PARKINGLOT
Where test may be good after racket covered up by politician	HEADINGLEY

Clues	Answers
A blunder with fee almost embarrassed — to be paid back	REFUNDABLE
A pain going uphill, plod	GARDA
Awkward without 18?	GRACELESS
Barking, mog admits arrogance	DOGMATISM
Before getting squeezed round back of cupboard, leaning to one side	PREJUDICED
Beside fire, quivering with anticipation	ATINGLE
County politician ousts king	CLARE
Europeans dressed up in lederhosen, a disaster	DANES
In the end, provocative footwear used, oddly, for pastoral work	ECLOGUE
Is card between pair of diamonds swell?	DISTEND
Island where politician arrived without me	MAJORCA
Not believing when a jerk admits crime	ATHEISTIC
Old Czech dissident, keep left	HAVEL
Other art, I suspect, is rougher	THROATIER
Point penned by editor in politician's comic	LESDAWSON
Politician 18 hit once	BROWN