The Guardian - Cryptic - June 8 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,219 - Jun 8 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
20 Polish in a rocky area	HISPANIOLA
A doctor provided time off course	ADRIFT
A river protects British on the defensive	ATBAY
Airline carries 16oz duck and port	BILBAO
Bridge is beginning to hinder one means of communication	SPANISH
Catch tense boy touring Norway (central region)	HEARTLAND
Current point estim­ated to have moved around	ITINERATED
Force to work in small space to free about 50	ENSLAVE
Foreign Office ordered to tackle Republican taboo	FORBIDDEN
Goldsmith holds papers up in port	CADIZ
He avoids the motive for crime	TREASON
Hesitate limiting English prisoner's energy source	WAVEPOWER
I'd say young US man is able to pick up a Corsair	BUCCANEER
Irish member vets bogus oath (spoken in 1720, perhaps)	SHIVERMETIMBERS

 

Clues	Answers
Labour fails to suppress female PM	BALFOUR
Man on board, occupant of crow's-nest?	ROOK
Notice small boarding party? Makes sense	ADDSUP
Old instrument still in position after fire	SACKBUT
Old queen makes love among ship's timbers	CAROLINE
Old sailing ships vex Times	GALLEONS
One's left with kitchen unit	ISLAND
Oval cone not completely reshaped?	VOLCANO
Perhaps divers sidebars need editing	SEABIRDS
Principal sea area off Ireland, not large	MAIN
Support wet crewman controlling aid	RESTRAININGHAND
Team leader to cheer up, having lost second prize	TREASURE
Top fruit variety	RANGE
Wee one blocks vessel close to shore	URINE