Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 15th 2018) 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.

Directed song with a gentle piano introduction (7)
Old king advances, one first person replacing another (7)
Colleagues work, given retrospective concession (5)
Time of life that's featured in tragedy (6,3)
Officers getting negligent little sleeper to admit wickedness (4,2,4)
See 20
Alan is chap involved in energised rapping — American music (11,6)
Clue to a host offering euphemistic expressions? (6,5)
Report of contemptible person being kicked (4)
Dealt with chum needing to collect a vehicle — something in hand (10)
See 24 Down
More than one climber is having inner struggle (5)
Returning engineer flaps about nothing — one who says too much (7)
Busy with aim to embrace something green? (7)
One losing heart when taken in by a business graduate, low form of life (6)
Old man to settle on a tree (6)
Starts small educational organisation with one rich philanthropist (10)
Discharge journalist that's upset common people (5)
Deter swimming around island for one particular swimmer (3,6)
Stubborn person making a mess, wasting day after day (4)
Two instructions to be violent to achieve great success (5,3)
Cleaning waste water up in to-and-fro action (8)
End of fine game in topping sport (3,7)
One paid US seller for food (9)
Attempts to keep university workshops (8)
Californian good guy? Individual on the up (8)
See 14
Demand of union prevented trader doing business (6,4)
Bad son kicked out of seat (5)
My friend ultimately finishes on good terms with English composer (4,1,5,3)