The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,674 - Nov 23 2018 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,674 - Nov 23 2018 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
In Brussels, book into sprawling development	EVOLUTION
Information is inspiring French art creation	GENESIS
It's black and pink, lacking resistance	COAL
Liberal philosopher's bed	LAYER
Peer that follows just after the start	EARLYON
Period yielding 10 addled brain? Of course!	CARBONIFEROUS
Practicable round safety device	OFUSE
Quarryman's key picked up	MINER
Rock formation exposed by harvest	OUTCROP
Send for treatment here, after he falls off bike	RECYCLE
Stevenson's written about still	EVENSO
Tell bishop, not priest	RELATE
Unknown mineral long ago	YORE
Zinc or rocky mineral in crystal form	ZIRCON

Clues	Answers
A paper nobody backs maintains run for some time	AFTERNOON
Ancient 3 fellow East German left	FOSSIL
Bismuth has to turn red, perhaps piebald	BICOLOUR
Bizarre objects, each full of toxic compound	EXOTICA
Book was wrong about current state of some trees	BERRIED
British-American sign said: 'Coach Line'	BUSQUEUE
Building material makes smoother sound	SANDSTONE
Contestant receives surgery for disorder	ENTROPY
Corporal remains Roman Catholic priest at heart	RELIC
Dash back before crossing for­bidden Silk Road for one	TRADEROUTE
Dodgy dealer rings excellent pottery	FAIENCE
Don't read enough to be a locum?	UNDERSTUDY
Find nightclub dead	DISCOVERY
Former Tory leader in court is dead and gone	EXTINCT
Gatecrash lewd independent theatre first	INTRUDE