The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,941 - Oct 2 2019 Crossword Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,941 - Oct 2 2019 Crossword Answer

Clues	Answers
Mischief and deadpan gags having malign influence	DEVILRY
One turned up clutching £25 for Tom Jones?	EPONYM
Possibly lacking exercise, topless physique is classically epic	RHAPSODY
Run into revolting boozer and belch	BURP
Serbia sedulously protecting partisan	BIASED
Settler perhaps restraining road rage	EMIGRANT
Slick lie yielding students a sneaky day off	SICKIE
Soppy female and sheepish male	WETHER
Suspect humming head off	IFFY
Tearaway ultimately at fault	TERROR
Thinner axes bend, we hear	XYLENE
Tory Right blocking liberal colleague	CONFRERE
Tree, which reportedly gave girl optimism at last	WYCHELM
Where wise creatures gather, spreading wise lore	OWLERIES

Clues	Answers
Allowed astronomer to leave Earth, with fatal consequences	LETHALLY
Attila upset retired nut gatherer	HEADHUNTER
Boris yet to exercise temperance	SOBRIETY
Brahms and Liszt refusing to defect	BLOT
Cases of Gewürztraminer, exceptionally pale	GREY
Cult's on-air broadcast not heard by us	ULTRASONIC
Destroying terrains of Amazonia, for example	RAINFOREST
Fixer full of limitless gas and wind	MEANDER
Generators died, rotating such a lot	DYNAMOS
Group of musicians adjust private parts	SEPTET
He'd call regularly, bearing cake	ECLAIR
Identical small females throwing tantrum	SELFSAME
Idle criminal has siestas	LIEDOWNS
Local store fleeced a policeman, according to Spooner	CORNERSHOP