Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 16th 2004) 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.

Little half of capital from old city (7)
Little flower transformed our little debutantes (7)
Pessimistic message from old city to fast-breeder reactor: it is "Hard cheese!" (3,4,2,7,4)
Prophet of Israel, I assume (5)
See 9
It has little flowers happily arranged on a string like this inside (10)
Composer left a little bit of nonsense (6)
Be punished with punishment note (5,2)
Arrive with old arrangement for mutual assistance (7)
Odds on looking good? (6)
Rebus nearly found in cockney's dense shrubbery with extinguisher (4,6)
Detective man, turning pale, to work with teeth (4)
Heather is wealthy in Rome (5)
Traveller going for tour with Satan (9)
Princess swallowed by fish or bear (7)
No officer is reported for ill-feeling (7)
French animal left nut (5)
Caber is tossed in Italy (7)
Preferably ... speak truth piano? (4)
Far from how an 8 13 may be reached? Far from it (3,2,1,4,5)
My old man (suitably clad) said: "Don't put money in the tin" (6,9)
Shed tears for saint in account of lottery (10)
See 9
Far from the underworld with so much French (7)
Illustrator and poet are without box office input (10)
Financial resources of those said to have a tickle in the throat? (7)
Tennis player's time in boat yard (7)
8 in time to see number (including silencer) (4,3)
Dilute 26's forerunner when the boat comes in (5,4)
See 22