Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 3rd 2016) 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.

Birds skipping over the water (5,3,6)
Captivate a church member (5)
Picadors are involved here and there (8)
Plant name one needs to change (7)
Quietly it goes behind a tree for the quarry (7)
Man in Spain loses hard game (5)
Red shirt for one getting into clothes laid out (9)
Injured, withdrew from competition (9)
American in charge of the match (5)
Situation of a bad sailor — or his boat (2,5)
Unusually, Len gave four good books (7)
They may be happy playing cards (8)
To be paid nothing to fly (5)
Esteem shown for those that are fit (7,7)
It's not popular, as a rule (12)
Stop giving cold comfort (5)
Dreamy but not solemn composition (9)
Gets inside information coming up for savings (4,3)
Odd role rewritten by an idle scribbler (7)
This may cause a number to take up weapons (5)
Ways of forecasting election results that are on the way out (4,5)
Refuse to work and get off? Blimey! (6,1,5)
A revolutionary fortification (9)
Wild animals have to rub on trees (9)
Drug used when man's between hospitals (7)
She puts on other people's clothes (7)
Gold that is left to an Oxford college (5)
Handbook for girl in uniform (5)