The Guardian - Quiptic - October 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Quiptic crossword No 885 - October 31 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Aftermath of funeral	WAKE
Broad Street has top notch concert hall	AVENUE
Company has European politician contain union's rise	COMEUP
Despite everything, time student put into flat's wasted	AFTERALL
Difficult to keep a ship's bearing, when flustered	HARASSED
Drive off with 500 mince pies left	DISPEL
Expecting working parent to get hold of good nanny, initially	PREGNANT
Favourite drink? Hint — half please!	TIPPLE
Force commercial gain from device	GADGET
Fruit is one of five issues key at the heart of diets	QUINCE
Hang about miserably with poor man due to be sacked	MOPEAROUND
Head after more nuts in rough country?	WILDERNESS
Indicated Pinot due to be bottled	POINTEDOUT
Making sure revolutionary's caught before monarch arrives	CHECKING

 

Clues	Answers
Nowadays church is behind forefront of progress	ADVANCE
Oddball's unknown to some	ZANY
Oddly unable to follow chap's instructions	MANUAL
One hearing story about good man has points to ponder at the end	LISTENER
One's got to go abroad for Dad's game	PASSPORT
Parking in city terrible with a large model	TYPICAL
Previously in favour of cutting worker's assistance	BEFOREHAND
Proper stuff or malware component?	FORMAL
Prophet put priest on short pilgrimage going north	ELIJAH
Set a limit on a town's size	CAPACITY
Smiley, perhaps, after Italy's game	ISPY
Turn a blind eye to wife's criminal kin!	WINK
Went on for ever about some fungus he discovered	GUSHED
x + (2-w) + 2 = 1.50	TENTOTWO