Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 17th 2009) 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.

Penny steered badly when driven round the bend and … (8)

… pressure has Don also going round the bend (6)

Bird to move slowly? What about that? (8)

Cortes prepared duck (6)

Old comic welcomed on the golf course (5)

Lose a sense of proportion when soldiers tuck into ham (9)

Bachelor says bed companion is sweet (12)

Is East in time for puzzle? (12)

Search through swamp in North Africa (9)

Vermin in doctor's practice (5)

Guarantee rebuke when scratching head (6)

Accommodation for pub fittings (8)

Worn down journalist travelled inside (6)

Catch the eye of porter grabbing joiner (5,3)

Brave uncle (6)

Mean to irritate youth leader (6)

Former draughtsman in the Treasury (9)

Greek scholar in Muse's former quarters (12)

Awfully cruel medical condition (5)

Trace ten gone astray in the interval (8)

Throw up in pigpen that's extendable (8)

Rate the Torah badly in private discussion (5-2-5)

Boat in a river in Canada (9)

Confine to bed in A&E? That's novel! (4,4)

Bridge opponents demand round of coffee (8)

Sister caught with one old ambassador (6)

Ridicule the regional tableware (3,3)

Give consent in Gretna Green (5)

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