The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,002 - Sep 28 2016 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,002 - Sep 28 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
8 unmasking red, risky operation still	TINKERTAILOR
A flavour eating donkey, part braised	ALACASSEROLE
Barely covering the fundamentals of rules, insufficient for legal expert	JURIST
Base including second home	ROOST
Baseball player shot due to rifle	OUTFIELDER
Be brave at first in bending the rule of law in advance notice of possible charges?	BEWARE
Both journeys on a return ticket to remote location	OUTBACK
Bottom of charts, not very good track	SPOOR
Factor when last in race, fast catching me	ELEMENT
Flash speed not good enough	SECONDRATE
For the future then? Yours truly, for starters	ANTIPASTI
Irritating devil, perhaps, penning average score for 1960s' song	ITCHYCOO
Lead key or bolt, ultimately	ESCORT
Mission accomplished, like another military operation on all fronts	ALAMO
Most adequate unit of current, just in case	AMPLEST

Clues	Answers
Nut pasta	NOODLE
Old vessel, ship under contract, originally transporting yarn swiftly	CUTTYSARK
One isn't a worker behind party issue	CONSONANT
One's despicable list	HEEL
See 16	PARK
See 18	SOLDIERSPY
See 19	BULL
See 19	OFTHE
See 24	JUNIORS
Soccer team from Louisiana, one beset by yobs	BOCA
Source of information in the Times about bird	INTERNET
Tail of nuthatch in bird book	THRILLER
True to form, runner put on old coat, perhaps?	OUTERWEAR
Well, what might have me beatified?	MYGOODNESS
Will official survive in the end, after old court restructured?	EXECUTOR