The Guardian - Cryptic - Sep 24 2018 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,623 - Sep 24 2018

Clues	Answers
7 academics and students cross	UNIX
Android perhaps showing how things are done in theatre?	OPERATINGSYSTEM
Artist, prig at heart, secures collector's items	RARITIES
Bubble that irritates second-rate movie star?	BLISTER
Children paired for walking races feigned distress	CROCODILETEARS
Clouds over rescue vessel impeding retreats	DARKENS
Considering the odds, trust your coach	TUTOR
Cruelty always preceding sex, in skivvy's case	SEVERITY
Deal with vexed solicitor on the phone	SORTOUT
Flyer's attempt to cross river	BIRD
Going under gangster's arm, it'll raise the temperature	IMMERSIONHEATER
Good clear network	GRID
Journalist re-stocked it, ordering pens	EDITOR
Like to strip off when retiring or having a snooze	ASLEEP
Man from our sphere transformed?	SUPERHERO
One particular service a strain for Anglicans	AIRFORCE
Prophet taking his son back is looking older	AGES
Red sky is beginning to turn with brisk pace to the north	TROTSKYIST
Shock as pioneering PM ditches Queen	THATCH
Space needed in Slough after Mothers' Union expanded	MUSHROOMED
String of cars transported Democrat round Ohio, principally	MOTORCADE
Suspicious sailor retraced Cuban's steps	RUMBA
Those left without uniform to hang out	RESIDE
Trader moving comparatively freely round island	SUPPLIER
Useful headgear, they say, for a horse race	HANDICAP
Virgin placed in lower recessed tomb, historically	PYRAMID
What travels within France's country tracks?	PATHWAYS
When nothing went right __ nothing! __ he'd often say so, angrily	Oneofthosedays