The Guardian - Cryptic - Apr 8 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,853 - Apr 8 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
An eye for detail?	MICROSCOPE
As requested, bishop keeps worrying about love	BESPOKE
Bill's good at singing	INVOICE
British queen's royal flag	BANNER
Chambers ran to some races	ANTEROOMS
Cold island imports temperature	STARK
Country's crime wave suppressed by emergency services?	AMERICA
Cowardly Conservative disembarks jet	RAVEN
Dark-haired woman, now alone and a bit of a maneater?	BLACKWIDOW
English cricketer plots English runs	BEDSER
Event horizon conceals source of lightning	THOR
Finish your food, Enid	EATUP
Garland finds end of rainbow and heart remedy	WREATH
Illustrations providing clue to rat?	ARTWORK
Initial movement to take a swing?	MAKEAT

Clues	Answers
Legal body setting actor's percentage	LAWCOMMISSION
More angry footballer?	CROSSER
New umpire — he covers a wicket that's important	HAWKEYE
Nothing appropriate? I'm upset with ban	EMBARGO
One might catch Pike or Jack, if backed by tank	FISHERMAN
Originally, basmati rice was served sideways	CRABWISE
Petty criminal knocks over celebrities	SPIV
Red alert — revolution succeeds, say Communist leaders	SCARLET
Short Hobbit carries copper and quicksilver	MERCURY
Skip about to keep fit — it's all the rage	CAPTAIN
Speller's question on the radio	WITCH
Strange boy steals college money	ECCENTRIC
They retaliate by throwing nerve gas	AVENGERS
They say to rule women by fear regularly leads to downfall	RAINWATER