Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (July 4th 2001) 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.

Graduates's research station returns the ointment (6)
What one goes back to at the drawing-board? (6)
Old transport for the chop? (7)
Fight continued to the finish (7)
Young sprouts in the salad? (7,3,5)
Make ready for sailing while in dock (4)
Indecisive boundary row (10)
Roads meet in confusion round the North; they can improve things (10)
Back scores: one known for shooting (4)
Smooth flow of language, or a mistake? (4,2,3,6)
One we get to return in different ways: an attendant (7)
TNT - as in explosive flash (7)
Showing mettle - or metal? (6)
A group of spectators not right in the cooking area! (6)
Notice the formal letter allowing entry (9)
Half county's transport one dismissed as a financial burden ... (6)
... one tramload could be awkward ... (9)
... and no transport turns up for painter (5)
Function? To preserve a cushy job! (8)
The town's team, they say (5)
Work without security on locks for sirens (11)
Centre minds to settle for good judgement (11)
Man in defiance is becoming more obscure (9)
Perform mathematical task and get in tangle with estimate (9)
Recommend a defender (8)
The inventor left a little something (6)
Nitre - active or passive? (5)
Empty tray holding rum drink (5)