Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 3rd 1999) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 26 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Deep in the past, for example (7)
One filly in two hundred backed such a hob (7)
Ariel goes off with first-class fare (6)
After you, semi-literate becomes la creme de la creme (3,5)
Zhivago's girl looked over the shrinking sea (4)
Any player shown a couple of these will see red (6,4)
Silly fool (me?) howls, but sees things through to the end (7,4)
Crumbs! Mat made date, brought wrinkly! (10)
Some leave morosely for the airport (4)
Dim clue reset by compiler finally for "cimbalom" (8)
Some cauliflower from cholesterol-free lunch left over (6)
You French scoff back some dishes! (7)
Little feller's creatin' about Ulster (7)
"Murdoch's work is a turn-off" - Cronin (7)
The odd one ogles, introducing painter to the harem (8)
Smokers dump less heroin off the beaten track (6)
The monster! Is he dropping the Queen Mother? (8)
Lochnagar licensees supply bloodsucker repellent (6)
Speed up in home improvement regimen (7)
These aren't flowers? Not on the surface, proverbially (5,6)
Bond fast embraces rising kings (8)
So taken aback by possessive regretful Miss making a bloomer (8)
Our slum development made capital founder (7)
A country tune, say, part of "Lark Ascending" (7)
It's used to serve a dodgy business (6)
Deft, say, to conquer? (6)