The Guardian - Cryptic - December 28 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,079 - December 28 2016 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Bacterium gets bought, we're told, or gametes	GERMCELLS
Bemoan period of doing without cakes before noon	LAMENT
Composer's moving tear, captivated by French horn	CREATOR
Exactly what the bare-bosomed have rejected	SPOTON
Fixture to support curtain feature	TIEBACK
Fuss over Madonna, due back on a stage to be choreographed (4,1,4,3,5,5)	MAKEASONG
Head of municipality to pull in favours for thriving areas	BoomTowns
Hum and turn round — that is rhythmic music	BOOGIE
It's easy to rouse Irish port, according to Spooner	CAKE
Longed to receive team's kit with lined motif	PINSTRIPED
Magridal Bizet's penned in city by the Tarn	ALBI
Motor lubricant but not one for a girl	CAROL
Patriotic work, extremely American, but not US?	ANTHEM
Perish, then arise miraculously in this hymn?	DIESIRAE
Sacrifice no time in playing Bach motet	HECATOMB

 

Clues	Answers
Seductress's lacy pants with edging of pearls round	CALYPSO
See 14	ANDDANCEABOUT
See 16	WALK
Son tucked into goose; he sought seconds	TWIST
Speechless about group's bagpipe	MUSETTE
Stern king with sensitivity for music	REAR
Strike off priest I meant to reform	ELIMINATE
Symbol of peasant's morbid and empty life	SICKLE
Tenor disheartened in melody fit to be forte	STRONGSUIT
The French show attack on Turks	LEPANTO
They collect scraps of some early jazz pieces	RAGMEN
They ruminate about ex-PM not reaching a conclusion	CATTLE
Tinker half-heartedly with perfumery's ultimate potpourri	MEDLEY
What may soothe infant with head dropping	LULLABY