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August 17th 2020 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers

Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 17th 2020) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 26 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Backside mostly elegant and shocking (11)
Absorb European margins before tax (7)
For starters, Yoko Ono likes kippers — she also coddles some egg (4,3)
Chuck Yeager maybe rewriting top titles (4,5)
Violent end met by destitute retreating soldiers (5)
They say command and control (4)
Petrel shot with 13 guns here! (10)
All done at last, exactly what's needed (10)
Help gambler to choose the odds (4)
Sticks and leaves covering rooftop (5)
In prison camp almost come down with right kind of fever (9)
Cats love playing a bit of music (7)
Publican in Essex keeps dogs (7)
Manage to follow street code with a listening device (11)
Red activists get organised — that shows lots of guts! (9,6)
Shares making a comeback for single master (5)
Will do the clue again? (7)
It will purge 1 down of muscly stereotypes (7)
Writers were aware of extremes (4,4)
Have no money left in bank account for trip (4,4,7)
Toss rowers around shallow end — they aren't heavy (13)
One using needles to fix cut-up curtains (13)
After emergency exits cleared, head off to find visor (8)
Keep exclusively clean rubbish! (7)
New revolutionary cause to emb­race new subtle differences (7)
One of 24 doing somersaults (5)

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