Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 12th 2016) 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.

Milligan read him the first half of a good book somewhere in Lancashire (6)
A poor end to perform­ance after classy Here Comes the Sun? (6)
<span>With craft I can steer 225</span><sup>º</sup><span> through opening </span> (8)
Great Asian captain's claim to being eighth in line and not third (5,4)
King George admitted to past problems (5)
Aware of new leading dress material (5)
Eccentric vicar receiving hair transplant makes a hell of a noise (9)
Very long word and polite address to man (Romeo's papa) by surrealist in hospital (14)
See 1 across
Desk register taken no further than Ozzie? (7)
Cross head cooks with buns for first mate (2-7)
Core of hard task set before a meddlesome type (8)
State surrendered, not being ironclad (6)
Dune dweller missing craft in painful practices (1,3,1)
A left turn with a rambling virgin (7)
Adroitly moisten with oil at the time massaging gets under way! (6,2,6)
Country area acrostic's constructed about (5,4)
Body weight up and ego shattered! (8)
A noblewoman's unexceptional, if new, descendant (7)
Freak ringing Mercury up in capital (Asian capital) (7)
Pretentious indications of Platonic love? (6)
Abridged journal's urge is suppressed in squandering 9! (1,3,1)
<span> So </span><i>this </i><span>occasional error in fact indicts hacks? </span> (11,3,14)
One's ready, but not with paper alight, please (3,6)
The laymen are Nick and Mark (5)
I'll get cut treated, the source of some stress (5)
Des leaves car parked behind Green Mile traffic — on line! (1-8)
Pelicans distributed irregularly? (2,6)