Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (May 26th 2023) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 32 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

It could play music in USA: Simply Red’s best CD released (6,7,6)
See 1
Handle books: take off sticker (9)
Way boss ultimately added to company expenses (5)
Play a shot in the lead (5)
Step in time, free rein when dancing to provide entertainment (9)
Caught child’s toes dropping piano: they may get put out by foot (7)
Substitute with rest punching match official (6)
Load of women with a curvy figure (6)
Have sex with risk? Her husband is late (7)
Bore to compose film score (9)
Mostly stick on port wine (5)
Figure of speech from Hamlet’s closing line (5)
Shoot gangster? Weapon that might be raised with smoke (4,5)
Mock exam’s last part: writer’s quote is the wrong way round (7)
Hidden camp housing soldiers (6)
Conservative supporting column by party researcher (7)
Bark on this Labrador upset it (5)
Cutting off oil giant’s supply (9)
Adult on drink clutching sober partner (7)
Empty drawer containing ice cube? One might (5)
Get grease in bits: it may be found by a child in spring (6,3)
See 1 across
Worries about the first dental problem (6)
Newly-wed carrying on with nurse in place behind the scenes? (9)
Small type of cow: one with disease (5,4)
Heading for court, if Trump is lying about deal (7)
Boring date — back on eHarmony, ultimately (6)
Accept once more a duke in post (7)
Stand during reckoning: what might come out of one’s mouth? (6)
Lifting toe on foot, hard for the old (5)
Love song around noon playing on the radio (2,3)