Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 28th 2011) 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.

Staff officer's initial impressions: "I am spy possibly in conferences" (8)
When first of primroses appears in a covering of seeds? (5)
Medicine man, two-thirds a fake (4)
Patronise, deceive and go down (10)
Bandage was altered on article (6)
Period at end of this punishment? (8)
Unit working in the Seychelles and New York in effective cooperation with others (7)
Aid must flow to this sporting venue (7)
Main part of a resort (8)
Celebrity getting substantial cover in court (6)
Real and patchy — crudely typical! (10)
Gave a lesson reportedly on "tense" (4)
University position but not for the rest (5)
One giving conventional treatment cut into a thin piece (8)
Believe in the proposed route, say, in passing (2,3,3)
Plans turn up in unsolicited mail (4)
Originally, young person's chess mainly played in the mind (6)
Spot, a bit like a mountain lake (7)
Cob surprising hunt with zeal (8)
Following a break one follows the smell (7,3)
In charge, following most of prison's medical unit (6)
One less than this number and one does not get to bat (7,3)
Gone to ground but this is kind and helpful (4,4)
Maybe buy it — about a pound — mainly to show popularity (8)
A dentist might, as a temporary measure (7)
Improve Scripture in National Curriculum during "English hour" (6)
Cheekily made delivery, we hear, and left unknown (6)
Kind face (4)