Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 4th 2012) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 33 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Gloomy day, wasting time that's left (9)
Come to a farewell party (5)
They may be precious old friends (5)
Ex-Greek leader rudely treated large-hearted Texan (9,3,5)
A part of London's in blossom in advance (4,3)
Searching, hearing (7)
Beside Potsdam Central Station (5)
See 12
Acknowledge Bill's a monk when she's not there (5)
Explain complicated clue, a right puzzler initially! (5,2)
Impure, I quietly run away and sleep at home when he calls (7)
Perhaps 4 turned to assume a fighting attitude (6,3)
Sir Kay spent hours in darkness (5)
See 12
Compound of ochre salt or salts (9)
Non-aspirational, smells bad, getting court order (4)
Bout of illness whilst eating? (6)
What's cheeky, penetrating, comparatively bold and not at all salty? (10)
Get rid of a line involving 2 (6)
Broadcast regular extracts from the older Miami Vice (8)
Ganja, valium, sandwich, coffee (4)
Being woolly, may dread woolgathering (8)
Heckle comic heartlessly (4)
Doctor's love for Italian red wine (5)
Variable quanta? Err with variable, having 4 variables (10)
Artist drawing one mythological figure (5)
It's hard losing common services and networks (8)
Excellent time to work on degree (3-5)
Athenian's letter to female regularly filled envelope (6)
Cell mates making this? (6)
Brief attraction, wistful sound (4)
Dictator's court orders luxury! (4)
Monkey's way of deciding things (4)