Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 18th 2010) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

City finance (7)
Tidy up — start in the passage (7)
You'll surprise someone by taking him this (5)
Board bring in a head ready to educate (9)
Assume ten love being held by rather a chivalrous character (3,7)
Courage needed on icy roads (4)
Prices seem at unusually high levels for works of art (12)
Carriage reserved for a small charge (12)
Rotten position (4)
You bet positively (10)
Communist and German worker laid off (9)
Sect making friends in France with Henry (5)
Play the fool? Sleep on it! (7)
Two names written in a foreign language (7)
A man to praise in church (6)
Record turnover is not commonly a cause of this (6)
Prepare to fight for a rump steak that's rare (4,2,4)
Rubber solution from past times (5)
Upset pudding leads to a riot breaking out in foreign restaurant (9)
One seen outside hospital may need treatment (4)
Take off in coach going upcountry (8)
Doctor is initially eager to give discourse (8)
They enable one to take the long view (10)
Sort of sketch one has in hand (9)
Joint description of Eve's origin? (5,3)
Secret society set up racket inside island (8)
A sign of twins (6)
Part of a 100-yard dash (6)
Extremely poor shot on target (5)
Prepare for take-off? (4)