The Guardian - Cryptic - Mar 7 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,450 - Mar 7 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Are rocks, therefore, like pottery?	EARTHEN
Author of romances claiming page has English construction	STEEPLE
Away from the estuary, excited motorist loses lead	UPRIVER
Blue-green, large old vessel	LOVAT
Cross Henry I appearing in Byrd composition	HYBRID
Done being Pacino fan?	ALLOVER
Ends up overwhelmed with glory, which is very sweet	GOLDENSYRUP
Fail to progress sculpture	GOBUST
Feeling common to language	PASHTO
Finding composer's taken to court	VERDICT
Hairstyle covers very retro crew member	BOSUN
Labour's bound to reveal the exploitation business	SWEATSHOP
Midas-like grip necessary to get rid of employee?	GOLDENHANDSHAKE
No forward-looking scientist freely goes to an oil plant that's nameless	PALAEONTOLOGIST
Nowt wrong with singular joint settlement	TOWNSHIP
Nuisance Hardy appropriates pair of shorts	HASSLE
Parrot house downsized after first signs of economy cuts	ECHO
Political clique's go-go fun — far out	GANGOFFOUR
Prickly shrub's stick pierced by sun	GORSE
Put a stop to power plant's strategy for bridge	ENDPLAY
Retiring Kitty's oddly shy, producing lamb's ears	STACHYS
Say euro is around about $1,000, gross	EGREGIOUS
Scorn queen? Brummie would, with one fine-tuned clue	RIDICULE
See 12	SOUP
Spooner could polish off this limerick writer, son, in a stroke!	CLEAR
Stressed but having fewer wrinkles than you should?	UNDERLINED
Women met with pre-arranged authorisation	EMPOWERMENT
Worry, saying: 'That will make a fine cut'	FRETSAW