The Guardian - Cryptic - October 3 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,319 - Oct 3 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
... report of a barbarous gathering	ACCRUAL
Arrange completely powerless travel document	ASSORT
Being right to worry, with smoke closing in	CREATURE
Book? English author gets nothing for one	AMOS
Christian playing partners no golfer's backing	WESLEYAN
Crystalline mineral cast down toilet	BLUEJOHN
Dish to get the runners moving?	STARTER
Drink consumed by Arabs, in theory	ABSINTHE
Exhibit involving cow and sheep, Hirst's second	SHOWPIECE
Footwear all kids init­ially held in derision	SNEAKERS
Ice in fixed form circling globe	SORBET
Junior's favourite toy's lost its stuffing	PETTY
Last of dogs with docked tail	SCUT
Mother's daughter flees religious slaughter	MASSACRE

 

Clues	Answers
New student in resort finds means of getting up to date	REFRESHERCOURSE
No winner's too stretched	ALSORAN
Nudged, I retain dis­inclination to move	INERTIA
Officer in charge of feeding European prisoners on board	POLICECONSTABLE
Old church keeps back wine aplenty for dur­ation of festival	OCTAVE
President's taken over, throwing master off jet	SPURT
Regulators behind bars providing scientific study	OPTICS
Riveting work that could make servant spit	PAGETURNER
Spoilt deck shuffled and put in store	STOCKPILED
Sports venue broadcasting darts news ...	STANDREWS
Staff car JR scratched in American capital	MANAGUA
Unexpected point concluding a second-rate game	ABRUPT
Where peacekeepers send their reserves, based on dodgy evidence?	UNSAFE
£1 among loose coins used for chips?	SILICON