August 26th 2017 - Independent Uk Cryptic

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August 26th 2017 Answers

Clue	Solution
Retrograde measure to adopt Latin introduced by Jordan’s capital city	JERUSALEM
Scouser’s mate absorbs first of hits, so getting another	WHACK
Look into Empire State Building’s last but one material	NYLON
Start to shoot crossbow ammunition I brought in for a rodent population	SQUIRRELS
Cross radii to humeri?	UPINARMS
Give preferential treatment to student lacking in quality	FAVOUR
Briefly enter name and means of identification	LOGO
Pie and this? Just eat some up for starters	JESU
Lady rabbi condemns empty words	LYRICS
Scores a pair in answer to ultimate question	FORTYTWO
Soldier tucking in to variety of pizza for the cameras?	PAPARAZZI
Small island gatecrashes greeting for part of large island	HAITI
Journalist receives award to spend time with the military	EMBED
Cane toad hopping towards lake, so the story goes	ANECDOTAL
Jekyll’s top tip on root-pruned bedding plant	JONQUIL
Troll in government exhibiting pusillanimous behaviour	ROLLINGOVER
Correct grammar which is wrong - they say it’s a duty	SYNTAX
Deploy ultimate sanction extremely late in the day	LASTMINUTE
Pacific Island group of rugby players: 50 to 1	MAUI
Why hotel should go for complete protection certificate	WARRANTY
16/18? Just a number	AGE
Bird’s wet bottom bearing half of strain	KESTREL
Lover I found by taking this novel literally?	OLIVERTWIST
Move me about with oil?	AUTOMOBILE
House door banged on by him and bad-tempered staff	BLACKROD
Climbing trained fruit-tree I abandoned shows return of disease	RELAPSE
A place of refuge - neat, posh, all that’s upstanding and wifely	UXORIAL
Very bad skin of warrior is cut and deeply lined	ETCHED
Pound found in old book	EZRA
Local bone is removed	PUB

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