Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 27th 2011) clues of The Guardian Quick crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 24 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Indian lentil dish (4)

Playful — lively — unpredictable (8)

Fibrous part of fruit — essence (4)

Place of sudden prosperity (4,4)

Early 20th-century ragtime dance (6,4)

Tight-fitting necklace (6)

Hit a ball so as to impart a spin (6)

Very noisy (and funny?) (10)

Illusion (8)

Trick (4)

Photographs (taken by the police?) (8)

Go by (4)

Fluid measuring rod (8)

Waiting chamber (8)

Difficult (like wood hard to chop through?) (6)

Craziness (10)

Stravinsky, for example (4)

Gorgeous bloke (4)

State of extreme excitement (5,5)

The king's evil (8)

King of Ithaca, who returned after the siege of Troy (8)

Indulge — pamper (6)

Uninvited email (4)

Twinge (4)

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