The Guardian - Cryptic - July 26 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,947 - July 26 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
A tin exploded over old Italian starter	ANTIPASTO
Admission of guilt got by copper during dinner with father	MEACULPA
Amateur's first stitch around bottom of smock is wonky	ASKEW
Badly need a key to one way of looking at things	NAKEDEYE
Conservative charged and humiliated	CHASTENED
Debauchee drinking good red stuff	ROUGE
Doctor arranged yacht trips round island	PSYCHIATRIST
Doctor maintained by benefit gets an easy ride	DODDLE
Explanation of game with brother in charge	RUBRIC
Fasten a turnip top to a sweet container	PINATA
Female singer almost gets a milkshake	FRAPPE
Free toilets for the Home Counties!	LOOSE
Get the better of unfashionable party	OUTDO
Gorbachev's first lass not affected by his policy	GLASNOST

 

Clues	Answers
Keep going in Felixtowe Road	TOWER
Keep swapping joint of meat with coppers	CHOPANDCHANGE
Penny rejected dead part of flower	PETAL
Plant found in bottomless pit by European with drill	HELLEBORE
Pleased to get one lariat designed to catch old combatant	GLADIATORIAL
Priest in tricky situation died, abandoned	SCRAPPED
Promised to deal with nasty Kent odour	UNDERTOOK
Ready to cover the French correspondent's first exclusive	SELECT
Retired salesman sacked Nelson's workforce	PERSONNEL
Revolutionary vetting Leonardo's second sketch	VIGNETTE
Steered clear of wife tucking into cheese cooked by daughter	ESCHEWED
Sympathetic words for inflexible soprano	HARDLINES
Tiny little child receiving letter from abroad	MINUTE
Unsophisticated American joke by queen meeting drinks supplier	CRACKERBARREL