Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 4th 2006) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 27 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Old saw that's lost its cutting edge (6)

Not easy to grasp by sailors on land (8)

Could mean coming last, everything considered (5,3)

It's used to press home the charge (6)

Activity requiring staff for the spring (4-8)

Peas and carrots are given a star (4)

Record the range of one's voice (8)

Reaction feared by a galley slave? (8)

A pound's put on clerical wear (4)

Chap seemed in trouble at his first address (6,6)

Remarkable way to communicate (6)

What retiring swains are incapable of making? (8)

Trouble for international organisation to resolve (8)

Temporarily stop work on hedge (3,3)

Naval port (4)

Travelling salesman with a bargain for a motorist? (5-4)

Supply with power? (6)

Everywhere in disarray (3,4,3,5)

Surgeon upset about cold sponge (8)

Suspend the terms of reference (5)

China's sovereign race (5,5)

Freedom from marital break-up? (10)

Watershed for a traditional song? (3,6)

Handy thing to take up or run (8)

It works against the grain (6)

Stupid fellow caught hiding in a sand hill (5)

Joint complaint (4)

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