Guardian publishes cryptic crossword puzzle No 30160

Clues cover various topics

The puzzle includes an across clue numbered one describing a spongy ball gone missing outside with nine letters. Clue number six asks for a girlfriend saved by AA that appears on camera in four letters. Entry eight seeks a whiny singer with a boy band playing around Leatherhead split into three and five letters. Number nine describes the left side only half cut causing damage in six letters. Clue ten involves nothing odd in a hand-built test for grown-ups also requiring six letters.

Further entries listed below

Clue eleven asks to go from bank to bank to get short-term finance needing eight letters. Entry twelve requires four and two letters to appear to embarrass a turn out. Number fifteen seeks to get grime off a kitchen appliance in three and five letters. Clue sixteen describes an infestation that has grown wild inside a perimeter with eight letters. Entry nineteen describes how the concept of sex overpowers a restrained groom within six letters.

Remaining clues for solvers

Clue twenty-one involves a legally blocked central thesis getting killed off requiring eight letters. Number twenty-two notes on introduction bride's relatives are shocked seeing you flash in six letters. Entry twenty-four describes a narrow minded compiler's theme lacking tension with six letters. Clue twenty-five asks to reconcile a lie split into four two and two letters. The final clue number twenty-seven mentions a smooth World Cup hero who got military training there.