The Guardian Cryptic August 31st 2017 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

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

One group breaking record that's nutty (8)
Secret society's opening, they carelessly having hidden key (8)
Ear to brain, extraordinary lapse (10)
Draw in game set to change (9)
Vegetarian diet under microscope, initially (8)
Actor extracting copper from a lot of salad ingredients served with ham and hollandaise sauce? (8,11)
Capital quiet, after endless cheers on Japanese borders (6)
Unlikely to fill empty seats in part of the theatre (6)
Cow, like her mate? (5)
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See 4
As a crossword is finished, well-informed (5-2)
Asian leader, man in vessel from the East (5)
Ridge on course to lose a 21 (5,4)
Prisoner at first notably distressed to be incarcerated in old area of punishment? (7,3)
Pat on the back far from rare? (4,4)
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Planet clearly illuminated using iron and lead (7,4)
Plane perhaps hijacked by buccaneer, turning back (4)
Misery, western and Aliens — nothing between them (3,7)
Article inaccurate I alter, do I? (9)
Drive crooked mile around Peterhead (5)
First two of seven different punches — that will teach you! (2,5)
Look for New York to contain a countering team from that city? (7)
Sky put article in text of news story (6)
UN secretary-general in truth anti-imperialist (1,5)
Those partial to chicken and chips in for unsightly fat! (6,4)
Issue driven by these gambles, modest cut invested (5,7)
Support figure going over testament, as advocate (9)
Flower of Lancashire and Yorkshire neither red nor white? (4)

August 31st 2017 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers