Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 23rd 1999) 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.

ie Scottish Supt. held him and I, else...? (tongue twister) (3,5,6,10,2)
Crossing embraces a Chinese river (5)
One should evacuate WC, given standard deposits of igneous rock (8)
8's firm backing non-drinker supports drive (7)
Italian inventor of Romanic extraction (7)
Red-hot flower's sound for a caterpillar (5)
Disputes either way accep-ted by member that's spine-less and transparent (9)
Man scaled rocks on February 2 (9)
Group at the watering-hole (5)
Large volume of traffic? (7)
Learned English getting vulgar about it (7)
Gasping leader choked by cigarettes, dropping place (8)
Beastly sound in 7 8 (5)
The inevitable result of something, if set for a change (4,2,3,5)
If victory's British, I'm Batman! (3,9)
Demand to be precise (5)
Rowers' function in pool? (5,4)
Lustrous material given by Welsh flower to Greek character (7)
College's main French compound (7)
It's said John's a failure (5)
To be passionate with a ton and a half on top is asking a lot! (9)
See 1 across (12)
Artist offered sister peculiar fruitless yellow flowers (9)
A mystery joker, about half honest, concealing horse (9)
Dogsbody trailing mum (7)
Supposedly invisible bomber, though the last crashed (7)
Initiate former Israeli PM (5)
Dictator given order shows a particular expression (5)