Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 6th 1999) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 29 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

A channel swimmer accepts kiss from great man in history (9)
Commanded by junior (5)
Contracts for polar missiles (7)
Work's returning, employs partners (7)
Famous composer? Hear, hear (5)
You may get a ride in it, if you're patient (9)
Source reference provided before the start of the lesson (7,3,5)
The followers stand here when assembled (9)
Understood one to be in diplomacy (5)
Would it take another like him to be of one mind? (7)
He has to exert some pull to make headway (7)
A nymph puts a spell on one (5)
Container for spread (5,4)
One involved in Asian cult movement in the Caribbean (5,5)
American state banks are to be reorganised (8)
Stew for which soldier has a complaint (6)
Final date in the Julian calendar? (4)
Metal shackles keep men in step (5,5)
Oval jugs made by a foreigner (8)
Here indeed is one man of genius (6)
Did his influence make Rose change her name? (4)
It provides an opportunity for advanced theatrical work (5,5)
Choose to speak for the voters (10)
Worn thin perhaps, so it's included free (6,2)
Runners who jump the gun are not forgotten (8)
Kind of robbery most likely to occur during rush hours (4-2)
It doesn't describe the present schoolboy (6)
The boundary of laughter (2-2)
Swing - that's what killers did in olden days (4)