Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (February 6th 2008) 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.

Real existence has its ups and downs (4)

Rice pudding for the boy (4)

Imperial measure with rock sound (6)

With a writer to exist is to confuse (8)

Hardy associate gets into nice pickle, for example (8)

Corn flakes possibly protect British intellectual (8)

New axle ratio enables a lessening of strain (10)

Test point obscuring brother's vision (4)

Press club (4)

Ward's disadvantage? (8)

Lay heads organised the chapel (8)

It's no use taking a ship from Merseyside location (8)

What one does in a restaurant - it's a trial having to eat up horse (5,1,4)

Almost lofty? The reverse, but fat (6)

Leader put in as battle ended (6)

Not quite smart fellow in the West Country (8)

Dolly turned heart of a customer (6)

Determined loser backed pick-up down under (8)

Speak fluent Polish? (3,8)

Paradox of direction when sailing west? (7)

Last month starts with ringer short of volume (7)

Bowel movement doctor agrees is hard work (5,6)

Vegetable seen, perhaps, better with spectacles (8)

It's for catching birds - taking time with a big one (6)

Redhead in selfishness gets poisoning from pumpernickel (8)

Where to be with serious stroke - but getting no peace and quiet (6)

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