The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 27,685 - Dec 6 2018

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Absurd mother's horrid in these? BERMUDASHORTS
After heroin, moralist turns to a drop of the hard stuff HAILSTORM
Approaches some seaside towns for football and rugby CONTACTSPORTS
Around the same thing, live and love ADORE
Caustic, say, about indefinite number admitted to craft PUNGENT
Chew gum, having drunk tea MASTICATE
Doll has teeth and ears in the wrong places TEARSHEET
European visits prosperous kingdom REICH
Have impossible aims: go after bad weather gives way CHASERAINBOWS
Innocent bishop deprived of golden fabric? BLAMELESS
Lying about boss, nearly new RECUMBENT
Movement of eyes in modest lowering DECREMENT
On vacation, no one may use computers! AWAYFROMITALL
Pasta cooked as appetisers TAPAS
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Place question WHERE
Positive attitude in small company letters CANDO
Put old boy on back — it does nothing to cure him PLACEBO
Regularly awry is pic: why I go for such a preview? WYSIWYG
Return homework about the French revolutionary YIELD
Russian cavalry dropping lettuce in bags SACKS
Said by some to have risen rapidly, but cut SAWED
Serious distance to one's final destination GRAVEYARD
Several overtures made by man to woman LEONORA
Smooth old jazzmen COMBO
Sort of progression of cortege I'm organising GEOMETRIC
Stiff sort of card supports equipment RIGID
Succeeded dodging fare-checker? Outcome finally undisclosed INPECTORE
Unscrupulous lawyer heading off one's constant suppressed laughter HYSTERICS