Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 27th 2022) 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.

Trainee state police officer cut short (5)
Ends let out and pressed close (7)
Set about catching wild dog that's hard going to put away (6)
Unexpectedly present a twisty firework (7)
A month with English theatre's top group (6)
Retirement habit: pays off to carry stick (7)
Ornamental garden plant — holding one, state politicians squeal (6,5)
See 1
Jack (lightweight) gets a shock (6)
Contact the Guardian about job centre that's unfeeling (7)
Pass round women's head covering (4)
Drive home, back into awful torment in part of Paris (10)
Possibly keen to do this vocally? (5)
Forecaster lives up near far end of Hull (5)
Unscrupulous opportunist immersing copper-backed tin in drink (9)
Tip: start to search (search meth­odically) for a kind of cap (9)
Bill & Co limp off to quiet do (10)
See 21
Submerge head and keep under flat-bottomed boat (4)
Past players rather dull? (8)
Inspector May's false subconscious memory (12)
Cover up of certain features of Cromwell's reversal at Derby? (5,3)
One means of improving athletic performance: live with military officer somewhere beyond Mars! (8,4)
Come to a conclusion about Uncle Dicky, social media promoter (10)
Play card with real finesse (4,4)
In-depth disheartened author's novel means of putting characters on paper (9)
Male only wants car that's big of its kind and aggressive-looking (4,6)
Recoil at political bias employed by one who serves? (8)
Only females love males to wear father's spectacles (9)
Most attractive types, those basking on the beach, lapping up temperature (8)

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