Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 20th 2000) 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.

Prestige of cat having swallowed half the cheese (6)
Bones, not leeks, cooked (8)
I'm awkward - and in record time (5)
Tatty cabin connected with a lot of plant study (9)
Gregarious prisoners? (5,4)
Golfer tucked into offal doubtfully (5)
Naughtiness in bed is remedied with codeine (12)
Smoothing bodice and skirt for formal wear (7,5)
Exposed headless pigeon (5)
US writer moved round on her what? (9)
Panel smash dry jar with gun (5,4)
Award for Ulysses (5)
He makes an offer more loving and gentle (8)
Folk-tale preserved, for example, in advance (6)
Agree to give money to the party, we hear (8)
Crack about investor sent back to the Home Counties (8)
Each depleted football team wasted away (5)
Illustrator redraws Yankee with a wet rag (4,9)
Dismal as a crocodile? (4-5)
Try Calvin Klein tops made in yarn (6)
Lady Hamilton's hold? (6)
For residents getting on socks outside university (8,5)
Noted economist, a lady, cuts into card-game (9)
Remove excess fat from a salmon's head in class (8)
A lock-up Edward maintained (8)
Procured branch on treetop (6)
Separate tax (6)
Tory politician keeps silver in the shade (5)