Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 15th 2008) clues of The Guardian Quiptic 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.

Rats running beside railway as on a clear night (6)
Team's favourite returns with duck (8)
Gallery backs refusal to write music (6)
Lark in flight circling centre of meadow (8)
Met, for example, busy people? (6,5)
Rascal leads chumps mostly into blind alley (7)
Vet quietly infiltrates popular cult (7)
Insignificant cartoon character (6,5)
No singles? Progress on this is slow (3,5)
Suffering from low grades in exam (6)
Fulsome promises of payment given by drinker, we're told (8)
Ted's so sick - threw up before match (6)
Hot Indian food served in the City (6)
False support that's offered by make-up artist? (3,7)
They get what's left (8)
"Sibling''s astride horse" written up in summary (8)
Animal to run off secretly in pursuit of insect (8)
What's melting? (4)
Emerging from pile-up, he wears expression of relief (4)
All up to scratch at performances here? (4,6)
Services need more spiritual leaders right away (8)
Pointed and hardened though soft at heart (8)
Losing leader, boy climbs nervously to find representative (8)
Strand of colour (6)
Sound of party produces cry of anguish (4)
Country women banned alcoholic drinks (4)