The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,404 - Jan 12 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,404 - Jan 12 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
8's not begun, surprisingly, with glass completely empty?	ATWORST
A comic drinks one can in store	AWAITING
Acting on day lost for words	AWED
As a turn is played in Haydn and Schubert?	AUSTRIANS
Bit on the side? Lock phone card up first	MISTRESS
Book of plays	ACTS
Came across retired people causing trouble, coming to violent blows	TEMPESTS
Evil originally seen in Jack the Ripper's work?	TEAR
Film horrible short adult that's incontinent	ANASTASIA
Flower seller's first flower show in Covent Garden?	FALSTAFF
Fool commonly eats guts of fat bird as delicacy	TITBIT
Gaunt son in hospital, briefly very sick	HENRYIV
Gin topless dancer's drunk without coke	SNARE
Guardian secretary in KFC ordered two items less than perfect order, stomach-wise?	FOURPACK
In drunken state outside 10, with glass full to the brim?	ATBEST

Clues	Answers
Page? He's in a group	SHEET
Power bills for flats	PADS
Pub to which Spooner's working girl retired	BOARSHEAD
Quarrel where vehicle gets rammed?	BUSTUP
Queen getting weak, beheaded at once	QUICKLY
Rod, after a great deal to drink, falls over	PISTOL
Small number in 10 upset group of players	NONET
Spy eating a French sandwich	BLUNT
Supports breaks regularly offered by 10	BRAS
Time on leave: endless misery, having bit one's other half?	PARTTWO
Tooth fairy's first name, inscribed in silver	FANG
Toy Manx sheep?	DOLL
Ugly lump in conflict with model	WART
View of the 18 protagonist getting caught, not run out	PROSPECT
Witty remark, providing theme	MOTIF