The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,784 - Apr 1 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,784 - Apr 1 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Page in article, very dry and short	ABRUPT
Person exploring below porthole, moving right	POTHOLER
Producers of serpentine dreads?	ADDERS
Requires no explanation from small summits, since left is represented	SPEAKSFORITSELF
Robs special facility, splitting diamonds and paintings	DESPOILS
Self-reference in book published without purpose	BRENDAN
Setter's anagram subject to further examination	RETEST
Something said by self-described birdwatcher?	SPOONERISM
Spirit originally from Persia, mostly	PERI
Stand test of time, like this clue	LAST
Staying out — it's hellishly dark	STYGIAN
Text like this many deem tabu	FOURLETTERWORDS

Clues	Answers
A head among teachers	EACH
A way to travel on horseback	ASTRIDE
Bridge as card game	PONTOON
Completely normal way to enter answer like this	FROMTOPTOBOTTOM
Detention facility not recom­mended for stoners	GLASSHOUSE
Edge attached to side of boater?	BRIM
Fish around end of jetty as test	TRYOUT
He repeatedly gets involved with main book in old collection	NEHEMIAH
Is inspiring brain excited with these	BREATHESIN
Lives created in self-reliant way	AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
Numbers of solutions including old slang turned up in print	PHOTOGRAPH
One's not self-sufficient creating work that's bound to be finished	COAUTHOR