Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 18th 2012) 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.

Reversing vehicle, man — doing this? (7)
Chemical element + 1 across, 21 - 50 (7)
Run time for England batsman (5)
Former UN leader squeezing daughter behind priest, the worm (9)
Roman poet about to make a mistake, study being disregarded (10)
Queen's comment cut, first of expletives smothered (4)
1 down x C = pillow talk? (7,5)
Carrier bigger than rocks found by middle of cove (9,3)
Bung stops, no power circulating (4)
Issue for arm stuck in shoe (10)
Journalist capturing relative in colour drawing (3-3-3)
Beat time, having raised orchestral baton, initially (5)
Dry figure ÷ 5 across (7)
Stocktaker's loss, for a start, in something corroding (7)
A total — or partial — ass? (6)
Dove embracing peace, primarily, for 19 23 (6)
Bury intense emotion, upset in periods lacking leadership (10)
Piano for a couple of monkeys (5)
Lean's ultimate director in fat hat (3,6)
Opera singer (4)
Animal ending in both two corners? (8)
Fugitives wary as unprepared? (8)
As it is, reel off Jacob's descendants (10)
Savage going after wild animal, a bloomer (5,4)
Thing frequently aboard ship, vessel (4,4)
Gas (um, no) about to decline capital (8)
Tidier rings round wood by pub craftsman (6,5)
Possibly arm one with a club (6)
See 19
Responsibility not yours, then? (4)