Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 8th 2003) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 24 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Old number Elvis called "Old Sea Dog" (6)
Brought together, indifferent about being delayed (8)
Back at university someone's emptied the kitty (4)
Deprive of three claws and despatch quickly without thanks (10)
Letter lost, allowed to fall on the ground (7)
Emphatically accepting choice when provided with a list of subjects (7)
Settling down with advance team, getting directions to capture castle, initially (10)
Swarm seen in retrospect as seemly (4)
Pear lies rotten by fruit tree (8)
Ignoring the alternatives, whirls Dolly with exuberance (6)
Steer straight (6)
First member of union forcing open rebellion (8)
A garland (American, of course) turning us right up before it becomes something to enjoy (1,7,7)
Smiley's pleader a suspect? I'm not at liberty to say (2,4,3,6)
Language bound to cause difficulty in speaking (6-4)
A principle to be discerned in group receptions (7)
One will be good enough for Liberal's image (4)
Go to dinner, say, clutching book - one's first experience of split up (15)
Little squirt preventing us getting a bite (6,9)
An asinine performance? (6-4)
Pouring out for us exclusively (2-5)
Ten volunteers is not much (4)
An integral part of the house (8)
Older woman hanging over girl's back (6)