Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 23rd 2001) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 29 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Form of escort public or private? (6)
Wise man in old city, an old religious disputant (6)
Primo and Nahum, the poet, get a lift (8)
By obtaining a degree, Robert, the poet, goes where it's always cold (10)
Poem doesn't end on notes that are nasty (6)
Maidenly old poet goes round North America (8)
Ban writer earning money? (9)
See 9
Lots of paper put on before going in (4)
Dot's follower, a modern poet, causes a stir (9)
Give name with nothing in it to fool with old gold coin (8)
Smoke seriously in hospital and drink (6)
Fool gets all Yorkshire to make hard cases (10)
See 2
From which to take us to Nuneaton? (6)
Social worker for border county (6)
Poet inclined to blue? (7)
Fashionable old poet with unknown brother of comedy (5,4)
Work with model on the other side (7)
Wait under a second with the eyes of an optimist (6)
Sprouting from 10 margin, possibly (9)
Pink eggs round the throne (7)
Poet's round against poet, a juicy addition (5,8)
Conceit which poet has to face? (9)
Supply lions with some eggs to eat (7)
China semi-involved with Japanese finance? (7)
Broken idol, curious container for fuel (3,4)
Jinx on poet with rings (6)
Poet to take one back? (5)