Two extraordinary Brexit puzzles and a host of proprietary terms in our collection of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues
A long story in two clues, the first from Picaroon…
12acHow Brexit begins with hopelessnationalist (5)
[ definition: first letter (‘how … begins’) + synonym for ‘hopeless’ ]
[ B + LIMP ]
[ definition: nationalist ]
22acLeader of Tories ready for nonsense (5)
[ wordplay: first letter (‘leader’) of TORIES + synonym for ‘ready’ ]
[ T + RIPE ]
[ definition: nonsense ]
21acCleansfeet crossing river (7)
[ wordplay: the ‘feet’ of some animals, surrounding (‘crossing’) abbrev. for ‘river’ ]
[ HOOVES surrounding R ]
[ definition: cleans ]
… made from a strain of the soil mould Fusarium venenatum by fermenting it, then adding glucose, fixed nitrogen, vitamins and minerals and heat-treating it to remove excess levels of ribonucleic acid …
26acRodStewart’s gutted with track (5)
[ wordplay: first & last letters (‘gutted’) of STEWART + synonym for ‘track’ ]
[ ST + RUT]
[ definition: rod ]