Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (February 26th 2002) 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.

Spin-off from alternative air determines life's ups and downs (5,2,7)
Shun Blair as just a cosmetic aide (9)
Opposite of a swindle in Yorkshire? (5)
Penetrate log (5)
Small remnant of superior oil processed for perfume (9)
Least yielding creator of 27's model (8)
Record holder overturned fish's victory (6)
The French hold a cry of pain to be disreputable (6)
Arab leader receiving note on Zambia's illicit writing (8)
Trounced at cards, being incapable of cheating? (9)
Country's removed from Copernicus' mathematical section (5)
Wept for one held in popular respect (5)
Substantial hole in reef's material (9)
Stir, getting excited: public transport's convenient and novel (8,6)
The beginning of wisdom: Solomon briefly fills gap on shortest day (6,8)
Message to beginner penetrating eastern slope (7)
Building material containing briny solution for complex construction (9)
Dowdy boozer swallowed back end (8)
Work to strike energy from rock (6)
Raised headgear with inlaid gold in Scripture (5)
God's uplifting swan song? (7)
Source of Pernod keeping source of tequila friendly, suppressing twitch cleanly (14)
Unwilling to admit Colin, drunk and with skimpy clothing (9)
Tramp keeping animal doctor from pounder of beat (4,4)
Common cause of urine, if abused (7)
Dull news, including nothing on Alcatraz, say (7)
Textile dealer getting no more than 100 in rands (6)
Prestige over turf kingdom (5)