Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 12th 2016) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 27 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Directors begin dithering in spring's union rounds (7,5)
Recall crew tackling crown of elm tree (4)
He enjoyed 9, lodge or genteel houses (6)
Topper, old and jaunty, covers topless 13 (5,3)
He tends neat laurel screening mock bananas (8)
Queen is reclining in shade (6)
Dirty pictures finish on top (4)
Redecorate Gaelic bar with symbols for numbers (9)
Noble poplar is topped, with sides lopped (6)
Ditch dance, ejecting hundreds (2-2)
Most MPs' patrons tour mountain chain (12)
Knight left at once, galloping across line (8)
Bath site, area covered by extended rental (8)
Elvis's joint position of authority (8)
Woods manages to keep still (8)
What's left in Parisian art gallery (6)
Start to educate Catholic in the present moral code (6)
17 to surpass skill British possess (10,5)
Carpenter's job limits new council's responsibility (8)
Hibernian girl hit it off (5)
Uprooted old Irishman, ready to drop trousers (10)
Admin guy meets spy handling Middle East (10)
5 down's bag is large, with small point (9)
Palace establishment ordered to release various stats (8)
Trees in not very attractive Hampshire town (6)
Classic order: cook most of cereal (5)
Buff fine beard (4)