Guardian Cryptic #27213

2017-06-02

Solve on Guardian →

Across

1a

Shires financed unfairly, put beyond the possibility of democratic participation (14)

Generating...
8a

Deputy officer in charge like Scottish chimney sweep (5)

Generating...
9a

Rogue captured by person pulling up (8)

flowerflowerflower
11a

The baddynot he who operated as market trader? (7)

flowerflowerflower
12a

Little woman should keep homepardon? (7)

flowerflowerflower
13a

Cold? It's good to wear a hat (5)

Generating...
15a

Item of armour wasn't disturbed, we hear (9)

Generating...
17a

Heavenly pair work ship with two propellers (4-5)

flowerflowerflower
20a

12 — time held to be impracticable (3,2)

flowerflowerflower
21a

Delay with our lot trapped in shed (7)

Generating...
23a

Naturalist to attack feature of Genesis flood story, audibly (7)

Generating...
25a

Show home to fail as accommodation for pet (8)

Generating...
26a

Africans only half loathe America (5)

Generating...
27a

What the state sector is doing, providing residential areas (7,7)

flowerflowerflower

Down

1d

Pretty girl, embracing one Latvian worker, is like an amateur (12)

flowerflowerflower
2d

Thus floor a perverted person (5)

flowerflowerflower
3d

Worms army chaps pulled uppoetic things (9)

Generating...
4d

What could make one brighter, with suffering finally gone? (7)

Generating...
5d

Grandma around one beginning to rest, very blissful state (7)

flowerflowerflower
6d

Flirt greeting the fashionistas! (3,2)

Generating...
7d

Seen to be dotty, having whiff, getting old (9)

flowerflowerflower
10d

"The thin form I have!", said lingerie model (7,5)

flowerflowerflower
14d

Lad is struggling with song that has rapid succession of notes (9)

flowerflowerflower
16d

An Asian nurse in simple summer head covering (6,3)

flowerflowerflower
18d

Constituency boundaries will bebloody harsh on Corbyn, ultimately? (7)

Generating...
19d

Fish in passage you and I must catch (7)

Generating...
22d

Wicked folk losing head and what they are capable of (5)

flowerflowerflower
24d

Head of state in defeat creating stir (5)

flowerflowerflower