The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,940 - Oct 1 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,940 - Oct 1 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Labour's material electorate finally discarded	TOIL
Maybe helmet's protecting Irish copper in top operations	Haircuts
Most unexpectedly opposing everything offered by bookmaker	AGAINST
Obscure work — a strange hesitation to avoid it	OPAQUE
One who wrote about pilgrim with no heart retreating	BUNYAN
See 10	YOURFATHER
See 17	ALLODDS
See 2	FORTHEBOYS
See 6	TUBE
Severe operatic prince in endless stir	RIGOROUS
This rock not completely malleable? I allegedly use sand!	OSTRICH
Treatment favouring chums that sounds sexist?	JOBS
Underground accommodation teacher has to put up with in Scotland	RABBITHOLE
What is to some extent raw, rough, till beaten into shape	WROUGHT

Clues	Answers
... that character taken around fish	TAUTOG
A hit tune, almost because somehow it connects to the listener	EUSTACHIAN
A rum and I'd be exceptionally cordial	DRAMBUIE
Agitation no end with affair that is oppressive	STIFLING
Article in comic is only a rumour	CANARD
Books (hardback) in shopping centre store for a long time	MOTHBALL
Expert leaving to enter wine store	BOFFIN
Firm given top grade, smart and doing well with little effort	COASTING
Fish not deprived of oxygen in stretch of water	SOLENT
Greek character pinned by relatively insignificant monster ...	MINOTAUR
Gulf that vessel floats on	CANYON
Island noise interrupting end of wondrous song	SARDINIA
Islander certain to migrate, leaving island behind	CRETAN
It is a question about the old man's health	HOWS