The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,239 - Jul 2 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,239 - Jul 2 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Act, taking a central role, then quit	DEPARTED
Agree to differ, being passionate	EAGER
All those looking at papers for university post	READERSHIP
Appropriate point to consider when renting premises	FITTINGS
Boy naturally opposed to the current trend	EDDY
Contempt, when party leader's on platform	PODIUM
Country taking in reciprocal aid	INDIA
Criminal purpose in proposal	OFFENDER
Defeat looks far from good in the record	LOSING
Fees set for law sittings	TERMS
Female subject of an old song cycle	DAISY
Fights waste	SCRAPS
Gin? Some coming up	TRAP
Go to prison for bad verse and metre	SERVETIME
Hose in New York left running	NYLON
Man, after a kiss, accepted proposition	AXIOM
Noble brew of ale that's about right	EARL

Clues	Answers
Offer nothing but gentle affection	TENDERLOVE
Opening bottle before the game, get drunk	BLOTTO
Place where spinners will take a turn	SPOT
Quickly takes direction for the city	PRESTON
Refuse of autumn left out	OFFAL
Removed, as I'm in the way	RID
Resentment at card game not finishing	PIQUE
Revised tale with revolutionary ending	ALTERED
Settled without recourse to law	SQUATTED
Short-termer that's escaped is put back under canvas	TRANSIENT
Some ran badly, running not being their sport	OARSMEN
Still quits	EVEN
Their quarters are combed for food	BEES
Treacherous outlaw in fiction	FALSEHOOD
With this gadget, I can mix in fruit	APPLIANCE
Wrong way to give people a hand	MISDEAL