The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,891 - Aug 5 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,891 - Aug 5 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
One inactive as supporter of the railway	SLEEPER
Period one could see as emptier	SPARETIME
Pottery smashed by fiancee	FAIENCE
Prepare to forge currency	MAKEREADY
Prudent management shows class of airline	ECONOMY
Religious leader you once made into cartoon character	POPEYE
Sharp replies to stories circulating about parking	RIPOSTES
Small reduction is unfair	ABITOFF
Stockpiling a large display board	HOARDING
Supports holding large implement	PLIERS
Swollen stomach: girl's knocked up	TUMID
The high point of a Devon holiday	TOR
This has one in mansion tossing and turning	INSOMNIA
Thoughtful writers I have to follow	PENSIVE
Unsightly dirt spread by producers of consumer goods	LIGHTINDUSTRY

Clues	Answers
A regular figure in defence of America	PENTAGON
Also about to seize island	TOBAGO
An upper-class girl? A girl	ANGELA
Daughter finished the port	DOVER
Delay girl's return	LAG
Emphatically how contract may be reached	INSPADES
Flower — love it to bits	VIOLET
From fancy niche one takes a jaundiced view	CYNIC
General change is swell	ENLARGE
Hypotenuse is close	ALONGSIDE
In fish, a length of bone	CARPAL
Incompatible ingredients in strong spirit	FIREWATER
Insult a political organisation in speech	AFFRONT
Just this big? Not any more	NOLONGER
Leave the ground: why I have to use the stairs?	LIFTOFF
Old and sullen by repute	ODOUR