Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 17th 2022) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 33 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.
| Departure from idea thrills (5) |
| Broadcast about hospital department deputy initially being put away (4,4) |
| Laid-back court accepts English as a form of language (7) |
| Withdraw tender without any prompting? (5) |
| Mavericks getting female to keep in good shape? (7) |
| English audacity, with opponents getting laundered cash (10) |
| Cherished origins of royal and ancient tourist destination (5) |
| When embracing Latin American hero is painful (5) |
| Two-sided legislation about a rate change (9) |
| If paint is this, it produces discomfort (8) |
| Literary heroine, awfully gung-ho on the inside, but lacking good resilience (9) |
| One lot of detectives having shower, possibly cause of bad atmosphere (4,4) |
| Sign of very independent move to crush queen (5) |
| Lyricist's after power charge (5) |
| Hit film comedy, Garfunkel, followed by second half of biblical epic (6) |
| See 18 |
| Vegetable served up by inn outside Northern Ireland retreat (9) |
| Handy device prescribed by the doctor? (6) |
| Very hot situation: cubicle door finally blown (8) |
| Source of story of Egyptian god scam (true version) (9) |
| Way to hit hard (4) |
| See 8 |
| Composer about to back away from gun carrier? (5) |
| Small shark's peak energy (4) |
| Far right in Texas involved in notorious trial town with a new representative (8) |
| Freely confess: 'Ridiculous bonus over short time' (7) |
| Hull element turns up for Peak District town (4) |
| Be protected by a plant, a tufty one (6) |
| Smith, the singer, has song for a biblical region (7) |
| Scientist from Syracuse building bridges across island and sea (10) |
| Lay hands on book of not so great size (5) |
| Daisy, perhaps, works on US TV series (6) |
| Though possibly Adam, right? Under no circumstances (3,4) |