Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 17th 2002) 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.

Jane has a beat in central London (8)
It's paid to free memory (solution included) (6)
Roger upset 5 - it comes down heavily (9)
Kind of store you can have tea in (5)
Landing gear's collapsed - it could mean trouble (6,6)
Teaching given by the church is loaded (4)
It's cunning to carry a weapon with a loud noise (10)
Kitchen equipment can be a great success, say in pine perhaps (5,5)
Actor's grim speech (4)
Form of story given in journal to distract attention (12)
Force back brute after a fashion (5)
River crustacean the French find dreadful? (9)
Harvests from seeds, say (6)
Contour shows mother is getting a spread (8)
Parson's remedy (4)
Joint far from Paris (4)
Fell on the motorway, causing an accident (6)
Blair's "Intellectual Filth" (7,6)
Save 15 items for the records (8)
All-male race makes for a lack of progress (10)
Coal seams providing naval units (10)
Motor manufacturer ends car production - they have to use their feet (6,7)
Royal race in China (5,5)
If you get it, it must be so (10)
Hidden Greek island, but Roman captured it (8)
Sailor and artist climb the mountain (6)
Poet having gone short of books (4)
Papers that get a bigger bore (4)