Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 4th 2021) 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.

Chef covering up hot item used for kitchen storage (3,4)
Party attended by composer leaving new widow (7)
Country involved in formal investigation (4)
Schubert composition about a European capital (9)
Film-maker in scruffy anorak limps on (5,8)
Check design of trainers (8)
Eagle never crossing valley (4)
Country losing territory on North Island to old Britons (5)
One attempting to lose runs level (4)
Strangely tasty cep seen as belonging to the same sort (8)
Set of clubs given to girl (5)
Game played by poets nursing sick setter (9)
Bird that can cough things up? (4)
Vagrant stealing first part of investigator's brief (7)
Sticky stuff coating large end of rectangular dressing (7)
Animal turned up with mother (4)
One who oversees meeting with Chinese pilot (8)
Spool for thread endlessly going up and down (6)
See 12 across
In a rush to charge queen (6)
End of scarf covered by moist part of cloth (4)
Fish go into chippy (9)
Type of race put down again (5)
Aides trained to make plans (5)
Independent publications losing Azerbaijani leaders' pictures (8)
Experiment involving long container (3,5)
Space given to lean recruit (6)
Social 20 across accepting large, grand residence (6)
Hit boy below the belt (4)
Bird heard when crossing river (4)