The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,821 - Mar 2 2016 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,821 - Mar 2 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Advanced Guardian leader penned by a couple of journalists	EDGED
Air coming up through middle buttonhole, perhaps	CORSAGE
Backward country's government relinquished control	REIN
Decrepit sheep has to hobble	RAMSHACKLE
Elite eatery brought up posh wines in container	GASTROPUB
Excursion to game taken up	TOUR
Fish first to sink to the bottom after time delay	TARDINESS
Four lines written about ordinary 1 down	IVORY
Get to eat out with head of firm	FETCH
Good man churlishly giving up last dessert	STRUDEL
I lend an ear, desperate to get a booster	ADRENALINE
Informally christen unbeliever heading off round Thailand	ENTITLE
Is rent scam their undoing?	MISCREANTS
Jerseys may be kept here, we're told, for customer	BUYER
KO said to cause fracture	FLAW
Like the Yeti greeting someone from further east?	HIMALAYAN

Clues	Answers
Medic thrust end of stretcher into lift	REGISTRAR
Most of group left in care, causing local irritation	CARBUNCLE
No pressure to maintain large part of boat	KEEL
On reduction of toll, tenor went on a bender	KNELT
Perish in passage, a nasty way to die	GAROTTE
Play part on cross in cathedral? That's right	EXACTLY
Posh folk with no capital coming in	ENTRY
Post Office admitting stolen figure's a facsimile	PHOTOSTAT
Ringer gets end of bell-rope in a tangle	TWINE
Subject to schoolwork, he may get the chance to go on	UNDERSTUDY
Terrific comic, not second best	CREAM
The Parisian stopping goals needs cunning all the time	ENDLESSLY
Too frank, essentially: he didn't get a place	ALSORAN
Union engaged in similar outlandish adherence to form	RITUALISM
Unorthodox young lady's announcement's in character, almost	LADETTE
Vigilante extremists blocking rum trade warded off	AVERTED