The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,367 - Nov 29 2017 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,367 - Nov 29 2017 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
No difficulty in this riddle, initially? Au contraire!	TEASER
Academic sinecure? It supports one comfortably	EASY
Alternative to piece of cake as epitome of ease	PIE
Awful swindle turned up evidence of debts	ODIOUS
Awfully silly chap hiding bad mark in trivial task	CHILDSPLAY
Be amorous, giving ring with love in romantic light?	CANOODLE
Club, maybe, that footballer tries to avoid	CARD
Composed arrangement for cello etc, then died	COLLECTED
Confused, as the Queen's Navee leader never was	ATSEA
Discarded queen, perhaps, retaining spades	CAST
Don't hold up surgeon, say, over one's work	DROOP
Dreadful summer with minimal temperature — most odd	RUMMEST
Grave indications for dogs	CAIRNS
Like some old Americans captured on film?	INCAN
Person who handles notes son kept in notebook	CASHIER
Player's challenge? I sympathise	HARD
Point ace secured in superlative finish	EAST

Clues	Answers
Prepare to fire two or three, for instance	PRIME
Princess attached to rock stars in group	ANDROMEDA
Request lowly worker to hold it up twice	PETITION
See 1	LINES
See 27	CHAIR
Some features of a sitting room	SOFAS
Something tough, mostly appropriate, repeated about work	NOPICNIC
State payment split by daughters for basic job	DODDLE
Subtle charm of a city for the natives	AROMA
They produce pictures, as in pilot broadcast	OILPAINTS
Trade outside preserve of church dignitary	DECANAL
Transform from 1 to 27 — second hint provided inside	SIMPLIFY
Transform from 27 to 1 as unusually polemic act	COMPLICATE
Vehicle trapped by one tramcar after another	CART
Winter driving problem, a mixture of wind and frost	SNOWDRIFT
Works out what's 500 in twos	DEDUCES