Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 18th 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.

Car, after hesitation, gives way on motorway (8)

A dung pit removed during modernisation (8)

Road works in order (6)

Sweet sort of rain fall (4,4)

Seat of empire (7)

Keep product of long and short division to start with (10)

The buck stops here (6,4)

Company guard (6)

Travel free on first excursion (4)

Find company in one churchman or another (6)

Girl's describing publicity dodges (6)

Money-making facility (6)

Spot of sympathy from predator? (8)

Quartet heard and observed as anticipated (8)

Specified period some time in the future (3,3)

Rising in time, sailor rectified mistakes (6)

Hide zip (4)

He received his rents mid-month (6)

Regretted sounding discourteous (4)

Return to a fairground attraction? (10)

Brave NCO going out to join the battle line (8)

Chap having passion for news (8)

He's not at home with legal rules (6)

Steer straight (4)

Whatever people think, it is nevertheless a backstreet (8)

Descriptive of certain walkers (4-6)

Holy smoke! One could be responsible (6)

Article may be quite old (7)

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