Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 23rd 2013) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 28 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Times of enchantment (6)

A good conductor works on the beat (6)

Hardy, no: evergreen, yes (6)

Old soldier — there could be a few neater characters (7)

Novel is remote and tedious (8)

See key goes to the agent (4)

Robin to indicate complicity in trick (8)

He goes down or rises as the star (4)

Of course, there's no choice with these (3,5)

New act with hat and stick (6)

Horace set about female — his main opponent? (4-3)

It is included in a doctor's rounds (6)

Sharp pains produced by needles (8)

Unusual for us to gossip (6)

Complain loudly about schooltime left — it may be grinding (9)

Finger the back of a book (5)

Clerk to confine drug pedlar (3-6)

Legitimate student expelled with dire result (5)

This French rebel is a red (6)

Firm left to slip into bankruptcy? (8)

Study exam question (7)

Unscrupulous person retiring to rest, perhaps (7)

Business expense that has gone up? (8)

Search frantically for means of support (6)

Drink brought back by mother from holiday resort (5)

Keep dark for a set period (9)

Wrest apart and scatter (5)

Routine disguise for army scout (9)

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