The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,857 - Jun 25 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,857 - Jun 25 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Lock on live bomb	BARREL
Loops edges around hole	NOOSES
Monk controls a new church in Don's area	LAMANCHA
PA woman accompanies posh colleague	ANNUALLY
Picnic invaded by large seal	CLINCH
Secure place with gates at both ends	LOCK
Sheepish four regularly breaking new rule	RUEFUL
Sink used to be stylish, compris­ing a special sort of graphite	WASHBASIN
Stall society occupying recent feature of arena?	NEWSSTAND
Start to go in, having shed clothes to get lighter	BARGE
Tolerate bill involving Republican flag	STANDARD
What causes the middle to rot?	DUTCHELMDISEASE
Whiskey in Greek island is daunting	COWS

Clues	Answers
2, 7 and 23, say, keeping extremely slim	EVERYTHING
Arab chemist packs cold beers for open-air markets	CARBOOTSALES
Are they all partial to Gaelic language?	CLAN
Australian birds scrub duds	BRUSHTURKEYS
Broken-down Welshman joked on air	DIGESTED
Complain, putting away hot drink	WINE
Current racket in mercury leads to a severe defeat	HIDING
Dim friend put away oral part	SOFTPALATE
Find new homes for letters edited by European	RESETTLE
Fine cow, the best	FLOWER
Game's tacky, restricting home runs	GINRUMMY
Handle contents of shelves 1 or 13	STOCK
In which sleepers lie on other sleepers	WAGONLIT
It's full of grated cheese that's melting fast	ICESHEET