The Guardian - Cryptic - February 9 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,116 - February 9 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answer

Clues	Answers
Ambassador has a fling in get-away location	HEATHROW
Ancient hero outside of Seattle in America	THESEUS
Biographer lacking content on real playwright	BRECHT
Bishop drawing up, with worker's car	TRABANT
Clean river around Kent area?	RINSE
Daughter in request to have nightie	BEDGOWN
European leader having retired, like Louis XVI	BEHEADED
Fabled warrior's club	AJAX
Follow clothing model's size problem	OBESITY
Front of tabloid magazine's web	TISSUE
Girl's or French man's clothes	JEANS
Hilbert working with all new element of long division	THEBERLINWALL
Monarch totally disheartened after politician creates free state	LIBERTY
Mostly inactive state police	STASI
Novelist from Greece New Yorker's behind	GRASS

 

Clues	Answers
Orchestral passage left in dancing reel intro	RITORNELLE
Pass one soft drink	COLA
People honourably discharged from service merit indulgence	EMERITI
Plot ousting Allende ultimately transformed Chile? He defended Reds' goal	SCHMEICHEL
Prance around, always following band	SASHAY
Rest freely in city like 3, 10, 17, 22 and 28?	WESTERN
Rock to hit sheltering bug or insect	TIGERMOTH
Somewhat bombastic ass and rather a doom-monger	CASSANDRA
Spring festival given name like 6, 7, 21s and the 25?	EASTERN
Stars smoke cannabis around queen in feverish condition	SUNSTROKE
Stirring material, Mozart's finale in symphony	EROTICA
Team heading for extra time in some distress	ANXIETY
Very large revolutionary claim is constructed — by this theory?	SOCIALISM
Willy starts to become relaxed after nine double tequilas	BRANDT