Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 21st 2016) 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.

Footballer's not let play inside congested areas (11)
Those in training as home birds (7)
Silk trousers taken off right away (7)
Time to sow a tree, working in tandem? (3-6)
Head of church's non-variable system for transferring money (5)
Classic horny predicament after princess lost out (4)
Learn space traveller's fine at present (4,2,4)
Wild boar or elephant less confined, we hear, in city some 50 miles from Birmingham (10)
One that painted pair leaving fair (4)
Scare one female off a footballer (5)
Liquid used in cooking a sort of pilau — not with rice, ultimately (6,3)
Animal amongst camel's ancestors, for example (7)
Leave after greeting rebellious young chap, a Spanish gent (7)
Drinks do make Blair sound Conservative? (6,5)
Rear leg grows big fungal growths (6,9)
Horse in box? No (5)
The French love another hot country (7)
Hazel perhaps needs potty briefly, with dance not quite finished (3,4)
After vacation, cruise ship ring up refuse collector (8)
So mad, possibly, after second evil-tempered ugly giant upset the old Big Applecart? (8,7)
Gossip in front of both petite and neat topless model (6-6)
A single sweet to go with chicken (6,6)
Gay men out on date, not content to see the moon (8)
See 7
One against giving work to model? (7)
Accident as food served with sausage falls in drink (5-2)
See 8
Where to get milkshake after tip-off (5)