The Guardian Cryptic January 4th 2017 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 4th 2017) 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.

Secretary — person with importance that tops the pile? (11)
New classes seeing how films are recorded (7)
Drive back suspect, like top-class fighter of old (7)
Freshly crowned leaders of Greece and Rome put down (9)
Little devil that's caught cutting part of plant (5)
See 14
Cereal crop cut at end of season for nominal fee (10,4)
Great sport with deer — sadly it'll set you back a bit (10,4)
See 16
Poor journalist longing to get back outside (5)
Muse as setter consumes exotic lemon pie I overlooked (9)
Eg Boris's message rejected by Scotsman (7)
Good place for reception where trouble may flare up? (3,4)
Slips in field, perhaps, chasing cunning wingers (11)
New Father Ted plot curtly condemned as child's work (5,3,3,4)
Authentic sound coming from cockle (5)
Novelist's career to come to an end (7)
Chilled dessert served up after rest (5,2)
Grouse, maybe, as valiant effort restricts runs (4,4)
Eponymous man of Nazareth appearing randomly in records (6,2,3,4)
Criminal deferring pint, impressed by police? (13)
In office, reasonably well placed (7,6)
Cyclist skirting large metropolis, Rome perhaps (4,4)
One state's revolutionary broadcast blocked by another (7)
First to last, benefit in backing police is hard to fathom (7)
Bizarre public reaction, battle being lost (5)

January 4th 2017 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers