Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 4th 2009) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 28 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

These people at it miss real issue (12)

Phone back item from on board (8)

Beef up leader for the church (9)

Dead cursed vaguely without clarity (8)

South American craft for hypocrites? (8)

Grubby type featured by periodical? (6)

Copper advanced with unknown fulness (6)

Power from above (5)

Polite British lack nothing in comedy play (6,6)

Flier annoyed with charges (9)

Chemin de fer not robust? (5)

There's no time to agitate for currency (6)

There's nothing strange about a waiter (8)

Trees don't start to flourish here (6)

Station on GWR? (8)

Refuse day without a drink (6)

Send back a chap in debt (6)

Insect, bird and fish (9)

Where there's little escape from current ebbing through broken bridge (8)

Boris, a mad feature on the map (6)

One that cometh about me with vessel stretching the rules to the limit (12)

Where life may cramp style? (4,4)

Steak cooked for Friday lunch? (5)

Porcelain maker keeps server in the family (6)

HM's place is for emollient speaking (8)

About one, tear over to a greasy spoon (5)

Medium of 18 (6,6)

One carries the can, namely one creature after another (9)

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