Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 19th 2001) 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.

Bully lying beside a road with diamonds has a yellow streak (9)
Thrown out of bed to join crowd (5)
First-class chaps going back for single woodland plant (7)
The story of a nut cracked by a widow of Moab (7)
Ensign positioned east of Santiago (4)
Boon companion's choice eggs thus had about noon (4,6)
Bound to change, to be sure (2,5)
Musically brisk and organised by Miss Fitzgerald on return (7)
Mournful guru catches bus with oil sprinkled around (10)
Slugs in the morning need a doctor (4)
Stage names include a substitute for Lassie (7)
Salt lake where cold marine animal loses its tail (7)
Almost sluggish when capturing the governor in Bolivia (2,3)
Ballad ain't clean when broadcast (9)
Piece of furniture makes rare present (10,5)
Backhanded pair of editors with 1,000 pounds between them (3-5)
Bachelor pad gets a brush (5)
Get up and go to box for safety equipment (8)
Lustre could be the consequence (6)
Fat bluebottle, for example, is a not very serious being (9)
Take over when Australian birds go north (6)
The old starting signal falls without delay (2,3,4,2,1,3)
Big Jack, the boss, in need of sticky stuff (5-4)
Rich cake in advertisement supplied to worker (8)
One who punts puts only the last bit of gas in meter (8)
Understanding exercise, but still getting flu (6)
Insignificant person turns out nicest (6)
Literary gang leader has cigarette at home (5)