The Guardian - Cryptic - Jul 11 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,247 - Jul 11 2017 Crossword Puzzle Answers

Clues	Answers
Actors' fees take balls	CASTRATE
Apprehension in stock markets, initially within 24 hours	DISMAY
Ask to support alternative comedy, mostly rot	DECOMPOSE
Barking dog isn't suppressed by weapon or trunk	LONGDISTANCE
Boxer's wee friend to Spooner	MIDDLEWEIGHT
Bribes storyteller to ignore casualty	SOPS
Built an oil rig that's not been done before	ORIGINAL
Comments one drops in obliquely	SIDEWAYS
Dish served by prostitute	ROSTI
Dressing from clinic	MAYO
Feeble in company	INFIRM
Festive erections — symptom oddly not seen in men	MAYPOLES
Gives in return	YIELDS
Help me to get a holiday	MAYDAY

 

Clues	Answers
Intended to underwrite duel odds in challenge	DEFIANCE
Is allowed to border chaos	MAYHEM
Isaac Newton's teenage trouble	ACNE
Left to invade African country with armies, not revolutionary masses	CONGLOMERATIONS
Lord providing sword held in both hands	LIFEPEER
Naughty word shocked nicest boy	OBSCENITY
Not well done — extraordinary!	RARE
Official service covers times gone by	MAYORESS
Peeling paint, profit slack, upset, in a state	CALIFORNIA
Piles of rubbish and rats scurrying by hospital in poor shape	TRASHHEAPS
Showing resonance not a problem	ONSCREEN
Sunni organisation welcomes ring of agreement	UNISON
Try to include philosophy device	GISMO