The Guardian Cryptic December 17th 2021 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 17th 2021) 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.

Allocating roles to defend line protecting the king (8)
A pungent flavouring out of large fungus (6)
Biden, for one, raising flag, getting black mark (7)
Welsh town's parliamentarian returning penniless (8)
No leaving construction sets in sacred site (5)
Check report of sport glasses (8)
Taking down and out to get £1,000 (6)
European with present trouble grasping English divine command (3,5,2,5)
Instance of flogging for all to see in hostilities (7)
Friends given the most common component of breeze block (6)
Radical classical sextet ignored by a record collector (9)
With musical backing, orator shows clipped style (8)
President dismissing Republican to get refreshment (4)
What shows middle is plump, having trim clothing? (4,3)
Cryptically, it is a busy commercial area (4,6)
Job, say, pertains to ice houses (5)
Asian sultanate, British-administered, that is to the west (6)
It's a battle getting piano into small shed (7)
Person who gets paid cash advance (8)
Getting on well and clearly brave about it (2,6,7)
Drink a six-pack? Then I will get drunk! (8)
A group rowing in a newsroom broadcast (9)
Case of regressive fascist is for shrink (6)
Acting head of institute plugs buzzword? (7)
Going on record, account penned by non-drinkers is woolly stuff (6)
Remarkable bottom shown by male pants squeezing tight till it hurts (3-4,3)
Block out tabs containing content of YouTube (7)
Dated girl obliged to get picked up (4)

December 17th 2021 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers