Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 31st 2007) 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.

Time to get stuck into romance like a Jackie Collins novel - a basic skill you'll need (8)
Shun Dutch artist, having replaced king with wife (6)
Brave leader returns child buried in earth (8)
Dame Edna Everage's excellent bronze bust (6)
Old blue bird protects newborn chick perhaps, close to snake (11)
They can ruin your lawn, the buggers! (5)
Instrument taking horse round lake to drink (5,4)
Rational to keep hospital doctor in Jewish council (9)
To set about wearing half of Gandhi's clothing (5)
Nothing dissimilar to ... (3,1,7)
... such pants taken down smothered in ketchup and mustard? (3,3)
Area where campaigner against land mines put her foot down (8)
Time light years away, stars appear so? (6)
Part-timers kept in check by Queen's servant (8)
Allow to make off up M1 with one's sweetheart (10)
They cover me in seconds, beneath Jack (10)
Puzzling when ladder rocks (bottom sawn off) (5)
Consistent remark about a biscuit almost raised a point (12)
Hole in Amundsen's equipment gets dug (9)
Man welcomes in extremists? It's not clear (4)
Play, for example, or not! (4)
Get up one's nose? I do, with hair never old-fashioned (4,3,5)
Unfair claiming giro, rat on a suspect (10)
On the other hand, he's just as good (10)
Rudder support, harsh job (9)
Widely accepted bunch of racketeers harbouring right extremist (5)
Biblical son uniting female and male (4)
Not all came to nursery school (4)