Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 14th 2014) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 31 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

In afterthought, no teacher backs places for detention (7)
Feeds pets right away (6)
Fundamental notes, like 4 and 8 of 64? (5)
Batting, then caught! Cook seen to drive up the wall (7)
Supporter, eg one retired after N Young (7)
Clay unearthed in Halifax (3)
They're literally fired explosively off field (9)
Soprano begs for flower arrangements (6)
Director admits dreadful lie to court (6)
Tenor surprised to receive war decoration (8)
Two thirds of students order wine, it's reckoned (8)
Near the end, about to be defeated (5)
Crank puts both hands around girl (5)
Hesitates to give direction to street party (7)
Perhaps waxing second leg hurt heaps (9)
Go off and fish? (5,4,4)
A governor bends cane at start of school suspensions (9)
Basil, say, one against hotel regularly taking recipe for salad eater? (9)
Farm rejected portion not for consumption (5)
One Direction not hip playing church music (8)
Spooner's somewhat quick marine creature (8)
Composer's skill turns into knowledge (7)
Sonny was an angel, _____'s a killer (7)
Lit by current, Edison half designed bulbs (6)
Refuse to deal with lad's company on Tuesdays (7)
T-rex evolved after dinosaurs' extinction — originally right? (6)
Touches skirts, one hand moving lower (7)
Early typeface lacks breadth (3)
City dweller left on the day Nero fiddled (8)
American thug pinches Nintendo console for child (6)
Train to eat and eat, say (4-4)