The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,333 - Oct 19 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,333 - Oct 19 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Allen losing everything in Sin City	VENICE
Art of teasing youngster over diary entry's conclusion	KIDOLOGY
Battered tins of cake regularly disappearing off the shelf	INSTOCK
Bit of slap and tickle starts to arouse my sus­picions about artist	MASCARA
Catching Tommy, Eunice bounds away into lead	COMMUNICABLE
Clay (Muhammad Ali) routed Liston to begin with	MARL
Cry of defiance from drunkard at this point	SOTHERE
Dangerous quality of much air in Essex	HAIRINESS
English dons get lost and cry	SCREAM
Father and husband leaving county	SIRE
Hybrid vehicle not a huge success at first	CROSS
I mess about, struggling to be self-disciplined	ABSTEMIOUS
Last of ascetic and devout desert mystics seeing doctors	OCULISTS
Not very proactive, dithering like Norma?	OPERATIC
Partially unmask rancidly repellent police spies	NARKS

Clues	Answers
Perhaps Wonder Woman cured our herpes	SUPERHERO
Pretentious reporting of theft in Israeli port	HIGHFALUTING
Quitting position, adopting extremely uncivil language	PULLINGOUT
Reckless lighting of gas rings upset head of Npower	ARSON
Rude little devil runs after guy?	IMPROPER
Rudely intrude on a group of workers	TRADEUNION
Sailor, one from the Gulf, picked up a lover	INAMORATA
Sheepish old climber	OVINE
Small group of patriots	TRIO
Tempt government to swap sides	LURE
They offer trips and the ultimate in luxurious hotel accommodation	SHROOMS
Throw dance party close to Oban? Sure thing!	DISCONCERT
Vacuously self-important ass in top-flight location	STAIRHEAD
Very small, quiet nursing home	MINUTE
Wise Olympian subsequently enters races alternately	ATHENE