The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,706 - Jan 1 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,706 - Jan 1 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Misdeed of criminal	OFFENCE
Olympic event, for one, a master's city	DAMASCUS
Opening to examine innards of engine, a mate having reversed battery terminal	LAPAROTOMY
Picaroon's puzzle's not a stinger	SCORPION
Radio and TV broadcast must include Home Is Where The Heart Is	MEDIASTINUM
Reading lines penned by Crosby	BROWSING
Reserved lease covering quote rejected	RETICENT
See 1 down	PILE
See 17	SEAT
See to car and jet crash — with this?	EJECTOR
Straight instruction in this flat: coffee should be stirred	THEFACTSOFLIFE
Sucker for cake	SPONGE
Top copy (Times)	APEX
Vacant single bed inside for writer	SCRIBE

Clues	Answers
An old friend — title and initials	ACRONYMS
Baby wrap an omnishambles	AMNION
Bird flu affects little children, only not at first	FALCON
Complaint of junior doctor pocketing floppy disk has been uncovered	HOUSEMAIDSKNEE
Display excessive skill over restaurant	TRATTORIA
Fall of everybody climbing trees outside	COLLAPSE
Franco urged to suppress resentment	RANCOUR
From then till now, bank with honesty	SINCERELY
Greek character opposed to what might be ordered in 13 down	CHIANTI
Have sex with more than three on the French carpet	SHAG
Islands wind up being held by corrupt rich OAP	ARCHIPELAGO
It's not like this clue to be a hybrid	ACROSS
Join the enemy of imperfection	DEFECT
Laments acknowledgement I put into trilogies	THRENODIES