Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (April 1st 2005) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 29 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Disparage exercise to discover the secret (7)

Time to dress? That's rubbish! (7)

Old tribe reflected fashion (4)

Fashion from Dior's a help with a round figure (10)

Lubricant for performers (6)

Unusual rainfall in North Wales (8)

Foreign cops seem grand, if disorganised (9)

Reason traditionally lost at Oxford (5)

Grammarian who makes a bundle (5)

Quiet-spoken, like some windows (9)

Is Harpo Marx starting to make a witty sally (8)

Sloth of one rejecting help (6)

With nothing sure, grasp fails - but it wasn't worth the effort (4,6)

Beams said to be uplifting (4)

Explanatory text about feet (7)

Designer of hog register? (7)

Back last runner, which failed to start (7)

Cut the cake and have a dance (5)

Purest article devised by a scientist (7)

Sky pilot displaying a bit of religious mania (6)

Short action that may be open and shut? (9)

Boxer goes round with footballers (7)

Reformed Chapel anthems used to promote the virtues of water (10,3)

Noisy entertainment sure ruins conversation (9)

Censure players over performance (7)

Passing fancy isn't art (7)

Furies in Ireland? Indeed! (7)

Enigmatic champion of Countryside Alliance? (6)

Loner reforms to join up (5)

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• Like Gandhi's resistance
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