The Guardian Cryptic December 12th 2008 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 12th 2008) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 32 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Shift of retirement is almost secure (7)
Grab drink when without sleep (4,2)
A desire to be in company (5)
Log reservists in harbour (9)
Grab boy in school (6)
Time to plan roofing (6)
Rob loses rare musical instrument (5)
Demolish new lawyer in case (9)
Descendant catches breath here (7)
Catch plague? That's bleak! (6)
Left soldiers dead beat (7)
Point to a couple of trees showing rot (7)
Trainee without bad habits (6)
Drink gets kingpin drunk (4,3)
Pressure is beginning to smash lock (6)
Look into bloodstained sow again (6)
One manoeuvring with rod (7)
Planes manufactured in Italy (6)
Sceptic engaged in armed robbery (7)
People mobbing a bishop in Reading (9)
Oppose profits in butter (2,7)
Confines American with restraint (5)
Egyptian tucking into bread is a sorry subject for painting (5)
Pair fuss in art gallery (5)
Rumpus about new work of art (5)
The German has replica pistol (9)
Impractical heretic to change (9)
Ostentatious cheer when wild boar is captured (9)
The hunter hunted for work over a long time (7)
One aspiring to dance with the Queen (5)
In dialect, translation is the same (9)
Frank has Prince put down (5)

December 12th 2008 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers