Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 18th 2017) 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.

Player paused awkwardly and slowed down (5,2)
Moans about time in places of interest (6)
Peacekeepers heard but not yet proven (7)
Inscrutable Tories assembled in the City (8)
Theologian to have main meal about six (6)
Most of the elite found in ancient Egypt (6)
Virtuoso keeps old-fashioned duke on friendly terms (10)
German party is subdued (5)
Is it a rum cocktail that's sweet? (8)
Study the odds before broadcast (6)
During audition, amateur is most uninteresting (6)
Coarseness makes stomachs turn (4)
Island lacking a clergyman (5,5)
Clergyman keeps setter humble (6)
Tone down a painter's medium (7)
Goddess makes man exist (4)
Distance Tory leader goes into pond (5)
Mammoth's initially grey in colour (4)
Author of People In Israel (7)
Hospital appears on direction indicator in London (6)
Dehydrated in the Kalahari Desert (4)
Exercise about to strengthen soldiers' disposition (9)
A long time in the business of a beastly king (7)
Argue over remedy for an aching tooth (4,2,3)
Student's oddly guarded nature (13)
Husband put in place, wandering in religious venue (6)
Endorsement for Sicilian leaders' good temperament (9)
Priest's crime taking time in a clerical residence (9)
Husband's manner stung? That's dis­tressing? (7)