Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 14th 2012) 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.

French composer's freedom restricted by returning offspring (7)
Group of schoolchildren stumped by paper (6)
See 10
Economist, one foregoing Keynes, famed in Republican manoeuvring (6,8)
PROFIT? (7,5)
Foul reek — old and new sewers produce it (10)
Novelist lacking close friend (3)
Online paper shows amphibian (3)
One raising issue about letters backing the legislators (10)
Borderline character with impudence remains wild (12)
Novel that's hilarious, one getting thanks (6)
Complaint about jerk being an MP (8)
Filthy place was first to be knocked into shape (6)
Stop media manipulation happening! (7)
Take off from party with maximum volume (4)
Frenchwoman's distant, a bit of a cow, perhaps (4)
Very hot in Spain, the poor young socialite's overcome (8)
Eastern mystic's morning in the Belgravia area (5)
Model having shoots (6)
Old pet, heard outside, is set free (10)
Car goes around in gear just over bottom (10)
Police trap criminal with heart of gold (6)
How 10's 18 25 starts abrupt current decline (5,5)
Whence one gets milk and a sandwich very regularly (3,7)
Starbuck's first found here, healthier and with topping (6)
Garden is planted in March (8)
Woman eating cheap products displays figure (6)
<span>What journalist wants — Sun</span><i> </i><span>to shut up </span> (5)
See 25
What one makes up for depraved sentence (4,4)