Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (March 23rd 2010) 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.
| Should formation include leading player who defends? (7) |
| Broken and heading for madness, leading player loses Donadoni's backing (7) |
| Spooner's heavy step to throw match here? (8,5) |
| "Beautiful game" quoted by leading journalist, referring to Beckham, usually on top (4-6) |
| Miserable outside right is horny beast (6) |
| Attack on goal at end of game — it's caught by photographer (8) |
| Home matches spoken of by backers (9) |
| Boatman! Gerbil-eating outrage!
(5) |
| Defeat seen on television by right back (5) |
| See 10 |
| Eye-shadow, rouge and bleached in tips and roots (8) |
| Heavy-footed steps, public transport an afterthought (6) |
| Two out of fourteen of Boatman's fixture hopes at first … (3,7) |
| … hosted by other means after Cantona finishes (4) |
| "Surveying for First Great Eastern lines," Yeats begins (7) |
| They're not paid to report one after the other
(7) |
| Perhaps they favour love among convent's staff
(7) |
| See 25 |
| Outside left to cross over to divert shot (7) |
| Block opening attack, then lash out and start riot (6) |
| Shifting, sliding as slippery semibreves (9) |
| Derby's No. 2 confirmed over alternative midfield? Not a pretty sight (7) |
| Disquisitions degenerate into disasters (13) |
| Scored vital goal in match? Offside! (9) |
| A lot of men have little weight to speak of (7) |
| Cotton on cloth (an alteration)
(5,2) |
| Leading player, coked-out, missing from action-packed game (7) |
| See 25 |
| Fool gave West Ham a daft epithet (1,4,2,3,6) |