Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 8th 2006) clues of The Guardian Quiptic 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.

He gives you a bad deal (11)
Fiasco as learner reverses with taxi into river (7)
Send for another musical instrument - there's a note missing (7)
Crowded school invaded by unruly gents (9)
Spirit stocked by obliging hostess (5)
Firms up, but goes down (4)
Criminal sells in street for bankrupts without thinking (10)
A hospital chef initially cooked sausages (10)
Cut off aid for horsemen (4)
Pull up fish, we're told (5)
Snappy returns straddling wire could land here (9)
Freedom fighter beheaded skilled worker (7)
New arrival who's unreliable on crime (7)
Like a football pitch badly damaged, they say, with corners (11)
One finding sanctuary in church after big case is a top politician (7,8)
Survey of evengelicals primarily in two churches (5)
Colour ranges for woven carpets (7)
Sailor on raised ground cut down (7)
Failed, but turned up in field (8)
Observer on earth who might become a rider on Mars too? (5,10)
Bulls? Team on the up, holding court (6)
Attractive, but trivial? That's about right (6)
Sort of evidence provided by scattered fir cones (8)
Bone exposed by driving companion? (6)
It receives a new banknote, we're told (7)
A parent with energy - astounding! (7)
Secretaries go for teatime snack (6)
Pub resident (5)