J-Lo joins the Pogues in our pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
In the Independent, Tyrus brings all manner of misdirection to his clue ...
9acFawnover credit union we’re trying to leave (4)
[ surrounding (‘over’) abbrev. for ‘credit’, an abbrev. for a transnational union ]
[ EU surrounding CR ]
3dIssuing Trump’s sanction, embroiling non-governmental organisation in row (7,3)
[ synonym for ‘sanction’, then abbrev. for ‘non-governmental organisation’ inside (‘embroiling ... in’) synonym for ‘row’ ]
[ LET, then NGO inside TIFF ]
[ LET, then TINGOFF ]
18acPutin’s mates relaxed over abottle of bubbly (4,8)
[ anagram (‘relaxed’) of PUTINSMATES, surrounding A (‘a’) ]
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8dFirst two of irritating Pogues’ waywardfollowers (8)
[ anagram (‘wayward’) of first two letters of IRRITATING with POGUES ]
[ anagram of IRPOGUES ]
27acMakes use offalse start to race with Esha Ness (9)
[ anagram (‘false’) of first letter of (‘start to’) RACE with ESHANESS ]
[ anagram of RESHANESS ]
harnesses R(ace) ESHA NESS [‘winner’ of 1993 race, which was declared void]
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