The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,056 - Dec 1 2016 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,056 - Dec 1 2016 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
'Gosh!' = 'ok'	ISAY
Vessel's crew (émigrés in part, returning)	EWER
Allow time to take on outsiders in race	AGREE
Backed favourite vainly, lacking enthusiasm	TEPIDLY
Backs the last runners, not the first	ENDORSES
Boatman could be one better?	PUNTER
Clue: the pastern's broken, but this horse won with certainty; it's better than gambling (1,4,2,3,4,2,5,3,2,3,4)	ABIRDINTHE
Condone taking a gamble	ABET
Each-way stake	PUTUP
Eliot told fantastic tale of a friend to animals	DOOLITTLE
Features in rows, not a single one	NOSES
Fix odds in Derby fraud — no trial?	DRYRUN
Having no fun from creativity in one's lifetime	SPARTAN
How a dark horse doesn't appear to be at stake	PALE
Improved view, adapting plane details (just the wings) with CAD	LANDSCAPED
Initial cutting replacing tip, to dead-head	CAPUT
Makes smooth pieces for pianist drawn from plain inspirations	IRONS

Clues	Answers
Marketplace for anyone gambling on races and using tips	AGORA
Model here reveals a bit of leg — heavenly!	ONHIGH
North Americans' casual California hideaways reported	CANUCKS
Old IT device in BASIC wordplay to check	KEYPUNCH
Old King Boatman seen in pseudomorphs	OEDIPUS
Pinions perhaps by firm force with parts of feet	COGWHEELS
Report on drugs used for relief	EASE
Revived with oxygen after backing first horse in wet conditions	BORNAGAIN
See 15	INTHEBUSH
See 15	HANDIS
See 15	WORTHTWO
Takes a risk, being seen in a dress	SARI
They help gamblers and prostitutes missing out having a flutter	TIPSTERS
Time being the end of season formerly	NONCE
Tried syncopated beat	TIRED
Wins clearly initially, if at length criticises umpire's call	KOS