We find tea with Putin, a lifetime of work and South American foods in our roundup of the best of the cryptic clues
The Guardian’s Nutmeg (Meet the Setter) is known for understatement and deft cluing. So it is with her clue …
1ac Retiring age soared, say, in regime such as ours? (7,5)
[wordplay: word for “age” & word for “soared”, backwards (“retiring”) + word for “say”]
[ERA & FLEW backwards + STATE]
[definition: “regime such as ours”]
11ac Where Putin says “yes” to a cuppa? (5)
[wordplay: how Putin says “yes” + slang for a cup of tea]
[DA + CHA]
[definition: where a Russian might enjoy a relaxing drink]
12ac Protest, being on strike with regular appearances from Corbyn (6)
[wordplay: word for “on strike” + alternate letters of (“regular appearances from”) CORBYN]
[OUT + C, R & Y]
[definition: protest]
59acHearing plea from the homeless? (5)
[wordplay: soundalike of such a possible plea]
[soundalike of “roof us”]