Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 12th 2012) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 26 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Writer's dog (6)
Writer is greeting spiritual leader, not entirely old (8)
Writer, a figure in the red (6)
Flier, deserter, or a deserting flier? (8)
Shot directly at a number of farm animals (5,6)
Writer needs race to stop (7)
Writer in a cryptic crossword setter (7)
Attendants semi-dressed, including daughter in plaits (11)
Dark gold, reversible hat (8)
Writer's report of fast food (6)
Aversion evident ultimately in almost total catastrophe (8)
Writer's report of farm buildings (6)
School breaks near plant (6)
Swimming round ship, cat in sea requires help (10)
Old statesman is taking regular slices of bread into shop (8)
Bags from which beer initially runs (8)
Editors, furious about review, finally becoming most unruly (8)
No more than four, not for opt-out (2,2)
Writer took risks, to some extent (4)
Improve material with one gutless novel (10)
Finally submitting account the wrong way, drinks from Paris and London follow (6,2)
Luton's foremost orchestra breaking into music etc, a hotchpotch (3-5)
Dog gets to perform with parent in capital city (8)
Writer's rodents, one less pale (6)
All concluding sudoku is done and spent (4)
Writer improperly abridged (4)