Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 20th 2017) 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.

Poet, otherwise sister to poet and painter (8)
American who had four sisters in family in rural cottage (6)
Humorous writer, tragic figure abused by children (4)
Poet and novelist whose father was a detective (10)
Brothers putting together macabre writing (6)
Mother dismissing the recorder of minutes for legal writer (8)
Novelist repeating conclusion reached by member of 22 across's family (7)
A book revised in new volume for son of Russian statesman (7)
Source of novel combination of children and partners (8)
Novelist finding little energy in dotty aunts (6)
He wrote about brothers in party changing votes — heavens! (10)
Friends of French literary father and son (4)
Etonian yearbook author whose elder sibling saw everything (6)
Martin's father, 19th-century novelist (8)
Happen in company encountered on way from Paris (4,4)
Ruler initially used in producing triangle, square and rectangle (4)
Spears and bows (6)
Cover up work of 22 across that's problematic (7)
Cause of illness in kind of camel endlessly needing drug injected (8)
Offensive son, eager to learn about right, left separately (10)
Performer's assistant goes to pieces when given new order (6)
Relatively small groups one newcomer upset in digs (10)
In loving way, making proposal, with lady taking no notice (8)
Singular craft seen in short humorous piece (3-5)
Clearly produces Hawaiian instrument or Japanese ornament (7)
On vessel overseas with king going south (6)
In a US city married undistinguished person (6)
Fail as boy, being oddly deficient in addition (4)