The Guardian - Cryptic - March 12 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,454 - Mar 12 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
'Almost clean' Brexit arranged, that can be delivered	EXTRICABLE
A game soldier first to attempt a written defence	APOLOGIA
Any child is mad giving pound for a necklace	DAISYCHAIN
Audacious League of Nations enterprise originally unsupported	ALONE
Barrage's fluid seal broken	FUSILLADE
Bent journalist beyond suspicion	HUNCHED
British state's contribution to continental breakfast?	BUTTER
Characteristic craft revolution­ised nameless country	TRADEMARK
Charming qualities masking Nutmeg's ugly looks	GRIMACES
Cow with last of clover to chew coming in later	THREATEN
Gas, once found, regularly discharged	NEON
Get dirty, menacing look after party	DISCOLOUR
Grouse when main road's used the wrong way — playing ball!	COMPLIANT
Here at sea might one see son strip off?	SUNDECK
Here we go for relief — relief coming up in stages	PODIA
In Montmartre, a joint seldom found	UNCOMMON
Is rubbish put back in trunks?	TORSI
Minister's canny, calling in the artillery	CURATE
Miserly investment in worthy sculpture, for instance	FINEART
Music from Southern religious ceremonies?	SPIRITUALS
Painter's energy always returns	GOYA
Punster's last to cut gag	RETCH
Put paid to king, moving bishop not pawn	KIBOSH
Rein in twins, those running the enterprise	RINGLEADERS
This is oddly coloured	CLUE
Top husband in contest getting promotion	BEHEAD
What contentious folk often get for seconds?	BACKSUP
What Jersey did, presumably, banning English humour	MOOD
Whistleblower runs, busy and able to change direction	REFRACTIVE
Wild animal with truer colour	ULTRAMARINE