The Guardian Cryptic December 27th 2011 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

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Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 32 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Artist, modern (by ancient measure) about a second (6)
Well-pitched motion to claim Yankee heart (7)
Beyond stormy ocean, to win a second time (4,5)
See 5
Endless ridicule at leading store chains
Of dramatic change in play: episode not right (9)
Good cooking: fry oil and lard with honour (7)
Boatman's second in command put in charge, their leaders half-blind (6)
Finger in food, Indian perhaps (6)
Boatman's senior officer meets destiny (7)
Was Rat to Toad, hence not right? (7,2)
Second in command to attack with courage (5)
Second from last to harvest grain (5)
Changed sides and lied — anger erupted (9)
Second from last in plane perhaps to race here (7)
Record in Nelson's signal his last word to second in command (6)
Second from last in race failing at the finish (7)
Lad gets money and love (5)
Make-up's second comedy device (9)
Bottom note: aah? (7)
Not fresh small beer: what goes into it before being drunk (4-6)
Power-sharing puts the French in logical fix (9)
Snake's partner — large snake (6)
Just cradling the head of Lord Nelson's captain (6)
Cromwell's "man of iron", a vile distortion (9)
Letters of credit lost, counterfoil torn? Not good conduct (3,2,4)
Second red nose comedy (7)
More than a person? Second in command (aye aye, captain!) (3-3)
Sea duty shift on second working day (7)
A summer drink in scenic Eteauville (3,3)
Controversially his (or her) IT crashed (5)
Allow only formal "thou" in French or Swahili, for example (5)

December 27th 2011 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers