The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,523 - May 30 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,523 - May 30 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Needle slowing jabs up in arms	IRRITATE
One on the fiddle — that's shady	BOWER
Over peak in retrospect, a partner on top of you lay	AMATEUR
Perfect wreck	TOTAL
Piece for example erected, filthy stuff	GUNGE
Plain sailing finally within peaceful heart of nation	SERENGETI
Point about subdivision, most cordial	WARMEST
Pre-Rainbow Nation province in six-colour rainbow condition?	ORANGEFREESTATE
Questioning of Socrates most common	COARSEST
Sad guy, mister, sullen principally?	MISERYGUTS
Scuttling 1cm, rather black crustacean	HERMITCRAB
See 10	BARRYMORE
Smoker in male with a long neck, old, old solver	COLUMBO
Thus a little progress on the climb	ERGO
Time passed there with English card game	TWENTYONE

Clues	Answers
A white rattlesnake is suddenly alert	AWAKENS
Actress was less inclined to sketch Robin and Maurice Gibb, but ___ ?	DREW
Beat, whacking balls from behind	FLOG
Blast, zero energy	GUSTO
Dealer stereotypically having dubiously made assurances to take in new driver?	USEDCARSALESMAN
Deliberate, inserting point into flesh	MEANT
Failing in crucial test initially, lacking judgement	UNCRITICAL
Finally, Torquay United promoted, sparkling in the morning?	DEWY
Fish pie and raspberry ripple starters	PARR
Flying machine, originally staggering speeds with it	SPACESHIP
Growth of a man without love has to be uncomfortable?	MOUSTACHE
Handle hard toward the stern	HAFT
Handle something on the barbecue, very much on top	SOBRIQUET
Highly-valued holding company advanced at an early stage	PRECOCIOUS
Nag disposed of, about a hundred	SCOLD