Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 20th 2017) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.
| Bit of slap and tickle starts to arouse my suspicions about artist (7) |
| Battered tins of cake regularly disappearing off the shelf (2,5) |
| Partially unmask rancidly repellent police spies (5) |
| Vacuously self-important ass in top-flight location (9) |
| Rudely intrude on a group of workers (5,5) |
| Clay (Muhammad Ali) routed Liston to begin with (4) |
| Pretentious reporting of theft in Israeli port (12) |
| Catching Tommy, Eunice bounds away into lead (12) |
| Tempt government to swap sides (4) |
| Throw dance party close to Oban? Sure thing! (10) |
| Perhaps Wonder Woman cured our herpes (9) |
| Sheepish old climber (5) |
| They offer trips and the ultimate in luxurious hotel accommodation (7) |
| Cry of defiance from drunkard at this point (2,5) |
| Very small, quiet nursing home (6) |
| English dons get lost and cry (6) |
| I mess about, struggling to be self-disciplined (10) |
| Reckless lighting of gas rings upset head of Npower (5) |
| Sailor, one from the Gulf, picked up a lover (9) |
| Father and husband leaving county (4) |
| Not very proactive, dithering like Norma? (8) |
| Art of teasing youngster over diary entry's conclusion (8) |
| Quitting position, adopting extremely uncivil language (7,3) |
| Dangerous quality of much air in Essex (9) |
| Last of ascetic and devout desert mystics seeing doctors (8) |
| Rude little devil runs after guy? (8) |
| Allen losing everything in Sin City (6) |
| Wise Olympian subsequently enters races alternately (6) |
| Hybrid vehicle not a huge success at first (5) |
| Small group of patriots (4) |