Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 2nd 2000) clues of The Guardian Quiptic 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.

About fifty took part in the race and finished (9)

A party with sailors on deck (5)

Weird as a Parisian and shrewd! (7)

Getting on with some pressing work? (7)

Subject of article by crossword compiler (5)

Catch Rita renovating and cleansing (9)

Musician wants what he plays on a table (15)

Solidify and set fire to explosive material (9)

The support one member will need after the break? (5)

Missing the first step, trips and falls over (7)

Union man got ringleader into trouble (7)

Group in which we included "pudding" (5)

Stubborn stain to be shifted (9)

Discharging account before leaving (10)

Kisses people who punish children? (8)

Look, £1,000 on an old weapon (6)

Stop giving support (4)

Entrance being badly made, it can't (10)

Father and mother accepting Nora's view (8)

Former union veto is thrown out (6)

Hitch horse behind pole (4)

Delegated authority of apprentice chef is no different (10)

Classes an accountant, for example, amongst politicians (10)

Control liquid glue in class (8)

Girl with Holyhead fellow -- from Dublin? (8)

Glum Beryl hides some disused articles (6)

I'd turned up lots before showing little emotion (6)

Time to enquire after job (4)

Former US president takes public transport to hospital (4)

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