Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 9th 2008) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Is and isn't involved in protests (3-3)
Losing wings little by little - that's very bad (7)
Please ask for umpire's decision (6)
Colorado's first: it contains the greatest material (6)
Joiners check topless beach (10)
Abandon brushwood (5)
Bobby swindles board (9)
Opera set in Preston or Manchester (5)
Some URLs recommended for beginners to explore online (4)
Offering bail to no delinquent (8)
Too close for canasta players in capital (4)
Attribute of one flying fortress (8)
Feel oddly thrilled for a moment (10)
Conservatives needing a strategy immediately? (5,4)
Don is a blighter, torturing mice (8)
Character in Shakespeare manuscript - or "War and Peace", for example (8)
Glowing ember's first set in a sort of rock (6)
Nothing in birds' enclosure? See loose birds! (6,5)
Employees occasionally with musician outside community centre (7)
Players below par no longer wanted (4-3)
Fall in ditch (4)
Allowed out of bed to relax (3,2)
Failing to keep appointment with deputy, dog comes back (8,2)
Musical turns in records kept by landlords (4,5)
Celebrated craft of Hollywood producer, involving continuity (9)
Chip in, being consciencestricken about missing last bus (10)
Shock! Heads of State turning up naked! (4)
Composer twisting tail of fire bird? (5)
Having a melancholy temperament - is it a Labour failing? (11)
Keeping out 50% of cuddly toys (7)