Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 9th 2009) 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.

Be a soldier, one that hugs the huggers? (4,4)
Eros is king, with turn into cupidity (5,3)
Herald's coat (acknowledgment to Shakespeare) (6)
African soldiers keep border first (8)
In religion a source of water forms a weapon (8)
Female in call for currency getting in by supplying drink (6,6)
Girl on a boat was a hack (5-1-5)
No longer with us; was manager of Palace (7)
Polish king has some backing in one (8)
Willing to play (4)
This Hamlet might be said to show scorn (7)
Hurry between barrels? (4)
Arrangement for being a 2, possibly, without a lot of grace (11)
Strangely help do fandango with parrot as climax for 2s? (4,2,4,3,5)
Backing puzzling fellow, presidential candidate who goes walkabout? (10)
Strip showing bad guy in Hamlet nearly getting part in original of ... (8)
... opera, the Ring: Archer repeated it (6)
One very large policeman in live cinema (8)
Ring for Leslie when inappropriately interrupted (8)
See 1
It isn't green to take time to replace nitrogen in fertiliser (6)
Tulip may be lit up (4)
Repeat of the chorus (4)
Theatre has fish to blame (8)
See 12
Smothering exclamation of disgust, put the cat out (6)