Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (April 8th 2002) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Made light of the dieting craze (7)
The academic field (6)
Kind of bank making a profit (8)
He can put the points up or down (6)
North or South, it's the best place to start from (4,8)
Its appearance suggests there's something brewing (3,7)
Behold around the East, a sign! (3)
Badly in need of medical care (3)
This is too small to be right (5,5)
A story not necessarily associated with vice (8,4)
To extract information this way sound illegal (6)
Be without servant, having facial bruising (5,3)
Temptress finally put on figure-hugging garment (6)
Balls that may not bounce (7)
Football ground with no parking causes irritation (4)
Lack, on the one hand, all the conclusions (4)
Business reverse? (8)
Ball, possibly square (5)
Sign of nerves following car smash in one 12? (6)
Gasp with relief in exchange of frivolity (10)
Clear that summer's arrived (6,4)
Queen's consort (6)
Garment not worn out, but full of holes (6,4)
Exciting habit (4-6)
Empty one container into another (6)
Suspended uphill transport (5,3)
Run the second edition (6)
Match label (5)
Measure encountered over the East (4)
Smaller boy absent from lessons (4)