Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (November 17th 2006) 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.

Shrinking from understanding after a day (8)
Home is the sailor with a poem (5)
The blood has dried, so I go to work (4)
"The Lost Chord" and "Trees" rearranged in county town (10)
Group captures sorceress going round lake (6)
Cosmetic for cheek leading to grand failure (3,5)
Busy, as promised (7)
Pastry in tatty duster left behind (7)
Bad characters returning right inside comfy pub room today (5,3)
Division in school is start of multiplication (6)
Blow the whistle about wicked threat, which is devastating (10)
Party women disheartened and depressed (4)
Some lose raincoats in the inn (5)
Crime fighters dealing in petrol (8)
Half-brother needing exercise? (8)
Habit of crow ascending (4)
Dossier about Doctor of Divinity reveals fraud (6)
Fellow, good or bad, has to go for a snack (3,4)
Where to find a plant, cheap maybe, in a bed (8)
Guffaw if her goulash is awful (5,5)
Secluded place for a holiday (6)
It's a job keeping one institution as a high street enterprise (5,5)
Lover, losing his head, lined up looking pale coloured (3,2,3)
"Dirty Harry" has each couple buried in the earth (8)
Almost hopeful concerning pain reliever (7)
Cook has her resurrection pie (6)
Views pantihose with a different top (6)
Jazz is held up to be flash (4)