The Guardian - Cryptic - January 4 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,085 - January 4 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Authentic sound coming from cockle	PUKKA
Bizarre public reaction, battle being lost	OUTRE
Cereal crop cut at end of season for nominal fee	PEPPERCORN
Chilled dessert served up after rest	EASEDUP
Criminal deferring pint, impressed by police?	FINGERPRINTED
Cyclist skirting large metropolis, Rome perhaps	HOLYCITY
Drive back suspect, like top-class fighter of old	SAMURAI
Eg Boris's message rejected by Scotsman	ETONIAN
Eponymous man of Nazareth appearing randomly in records	TARZANOFTHEAPES
First to last, benefit in backing police is hard to fathom	DELPHIC
Freshly crowned leaders of Greece and Rome put down	GARLANDED
Good place for reception where trouble may flare up?	HOTSPOT
Great sport with deer — sadly it'll set you back a bit	RETROGRADE

 

Clues	Answers
Grouse, maybe, as valiant effort restricts runs	GAMEBIRD
In office, reasonably well placed	SITTINGPRETTY
Little devil that's caught cutting part of plant	BRACT
Muse as setter consumes exotic lemon pie I overlooked	MELPOMENE
New classes seeing how films are recorded	INTAKES
New Father Ted plot curtly condemned as child's work	PETERANDTHEWOLF
Novelist's career to come to an end	RUSHDIE
One state's revolutionary broadcast blocked by another	ROMANIA
Poor journalist longing to get back outside	NEEDY
Secretary — person with importance that tops the pile?	PAPERWEIGHT
See 14	RENT
See 16	STEP
Slips in field, perhaps, chasing cunning wingers	FLYCATCHERS