The Guardian - Cryptic - December 23 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,075 - December 23 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
50 like peas in clump	PLOD
Aired jumper on box (notice rest splitting)	SKIPPY
Army, perhaps, taking time in bad weather? Definitely!	FORCERTAIN
Associating bum-wiggling ban with one extremely moved	NETWORKING
British couple carrying on about superhuman	BIONIC
Bury Football Club	INTER
Clothes not in the closet match	OUTFIT
Con man's side-splitting accents	ROGUE
Dated briefly, making move	PASS
Drawback of wind does for resort	DOWNSIDE
Filmed orphan taking relatives inside	ANNIE
Gave up (did bear?)	YIELDED
Grease monkeys in suits	AGREES
Husband's theory: road leads to escape	HIDEAWAY
In September, the dog's tied up	BERTHED

 

Clues	Answers
Investigator playing every tape first for impact	PRIVATEEYE
Kids grabbing parent's front or back	SPONSOR
Media editor not oddly involved in his work	OLDMACDONALD
More than one viewer is heard	EYES
My whitewash is embraced by Labour leader losing election in the end	CORBLIMEY
Name of chap going up the A1?	WAYNE
Noises from 19th group back?	ROWS
Perfect example of sequence isn't complex	QUINTESSENCE
Set dimmer switches labelled incorrectly	MISTERMED
She's abandoned for driving surprise sell in recession, papers assumed	GOLFWIDOW
Small runners struggle in last metres	STREAMLETS
They can't bear young European students grouped round church	EUNUCHS
Want 3 down by hotel that's seen in forest	PINETREE
Wet starts to summers quite upsetting — everyone loves comparatively hot years	Squelchy
With short boat, beauty catches carp	BELLYACHE