Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 23rd 2005) 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.

Leave by car to start a round (5,3)

Distorted vowels of Black Country players (6)

Mark some golfer's cards (4)

Let one down lightly (5,1,4)

Incorrectly be said to be prejudiced (6)

Learn lines for speaking (8)

Intrude clumsily, lacking experience (7)

A man in love may well get married (7)

Suspect behaviour of absconding child (6-2)

View with esteem (6)

Cowardly character shown up by a referee (6,4)

Graduate elected as principal (4)

Where seconds do the work of a minute (6)

Doctor again involved with point of sewage system (8)

Just a bit vulgar, perhaps? (8)

A parson upset enough to swear (4)

Ban bird of passage (6)

It may be taken by the injured (7)

Came to a late party with Edward (8)

Unhealthy antagonism (3-7)

Regions about to be given charity (6)

Taking another person's life in one's hands (10)

Each street child in care needs direction (8)

Returns from work (8)

Pull out grenade and prepare to fight (2,5)

Mineral almost exhausted in this state (6)

Provocative article in communist paper (3,3)

Vehicle in M1 accident (4)

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