Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 16th 2023) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 30 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Little dear for an essayist? (4)
Eastern US state linked to brown hamper (8)
Take by force? Nice! (5)
Mark's parcel accepted by school (7)
Water runs through this county estate with ultimately little resistance (8)
Forced into bankruptcy, one breaks under review (6)
Fish the deep bay? (8)
One who progresses the motion of drones circling London's financial centre (8)
Cheapest leather covers grinding tool (6)
Don't embrace husband when star's around (4)
Stop measure by lawyers (5)
Was an MP with ecstasy supply too much? (4)
Swears to move main residents (6)
See 5
Cat joints can be heard (4)
Disapprove of Democrat research to do away with vote (7)
Unity's lost diary in tatters outside institute (10)
Censored dodgy assets for the generation of future profit (4,4)
Old compact Danish city (6)
Precis of two books about dissecting fly (10)
Material about eastern Mediterranean area (8)
Surrealist Brontë novel (6)
Famous silent film character left before last of the crush (7)
See 17
Labour on retrospective cover-up (7)
Beautify, being fairly excited (6,2)
Intertwine branches of fruit around line (6)
Variation on a Haydn theme: Hearts Neglected to Set a Match Date (4,3,3)
One who endures sees signs of ageing (5,5)
Top song base (3,3)