The Guardian - Cryptic - October 2 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,318 - Oct 2 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
A canoe travelling around one large group of islands	OCEANIA
A friend meets Mike using letters of intro­duction?	ACRONYMIC
Acclaim actor lacking refinement in London park	CLAPHAMCOMMON
Actress in Ultimo bra, gracefully twirling	GARBO
British philosopher welcomed by German and not hindered	UNBLOCKED
Clothing collection and tea picked up by philosopher	TROUSSEAU
Dance suggestively, in extremely giddy tempo	GYRATE
Doctor or sleepy nurses run kind of hospital	LEPROSERY
Expression of pleasure as tedium's cut short	GRIN
Finding court composer's given precedence	VERDICT
Flatter hulk stripping off during a tryst	ADULATE
Head of Oundle has great final term	OMEGA
Hip liberal philosopher — his work is decorative	INLAYER
King swallows drop of Lemsip, catching a chill	RELAX
Look at cracking cryptic done like a Cyclops?	ONEEYED

 

Clues	Answers
Man turned on philosopher	HEGEL
Occasion to eat a piece of cake	PICNIC
One first rings a doctor, a specialist in feet	IAMBIST
Philosopher concerned with small units	PLATOONS
Philosopher, one working a large amount	MILLION
Plain dancing? We're told why a ball may be so	INPLAY
Roman philosopher running into virgin	MARKANTONY
Salt in wonderful starter of tabbouleh getting consumed	ACETATE
Sanctimonious lines by philosopher, a junkie	PILLPOPPER
Sex for Roman philosopher is noble	VICOMTE
Slept so badly in a state of deshabille	TOPLESS
Supply me with dosh in search for pleasure	HEDONISM
This is a reminder to invest pounds	CLUE
Unearth erstwhile philosopher	EXHUME