Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 4th 2014) 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.

Kid cradles rook in bower (2,3)
A Paul composition: well set, with no odd parts, and very good way in! (7)
The person who triumphs with this clue gets an award (8,5)
Sat behind revolving Post Office counter (7)
Party time! Couple runs for more nuts (7)
What's in a magazine and in a novel is pungent stuff (7)
Play and skip around with skinny birds only (5,2,6)
Polish or German people (5)
Rogue royal astride every charger? (9)
Excessive gushing from paramours wanting large contraceptive (9)
Sense country must bring its leader down (5)
Girl to see the light after stripping (5)
Notice where you'll find carnival dresses for tranny (5)
Fairly sharp metal bar is breaking chain (9)
Descartes is shortly to plug a tool for raising understanding (9)
Places for hanging and bloodshed, with medics maintaining order (9)
Fellow leaves dowdy women with woodcut (4,5)
Dancers cutting hems from skirt before very gripping ball (5)
Area of Egypt's capital dominated by crime (5)
Classification of plum with bushy tangles (9)
Performing this could lead to stuttering woe (6,7)
King enters city slum quite deliberately (9)
Foreign gentleman with vehicle for Parisians to go round (9)
Invasion from unit prior to struggle (9)
In Russia the fare is one pound, heading north over the province (5)
Torpedo aimed for 4 etc (5)
Axe tip from Douglas pine (5)
Sports must keep everyone trim — it's a warning to the unwary (5,4,4)