Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 12th 2019) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 27 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Restaurant preserves distinctive character (4)
Vegetable in barge converted into fat (5,4)
Shameful attempt to steal answer books (6)
Enlarge on treaty rewritten by legal official (8,7)
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Cold fellow carrying lamp heading off to get good outer layer (8)
Ophelia prone to hog part of stage (5)
Dated term for 22 is retained in America (8)
Prince ruling with father exploits awkward silences (8,6)
Delightful guest has no Italian vermouth for inspector (10)
Rude sailor visiting priest during period of sexual excitement (6)
Staunchly patriotic companion gets gold, plus French wine first (10)
Reincarnated editor reborn as actor (12)
Can containing hot and sticky what-d'you-call-it (9)
Wild horse runs out into part of 21 (4)
Accommodation for Swift in prison? About time! (8)
One German scientist contracted to meet another one and another (8)
Winner of American beauty pageant getting partner (6)
Girl nuts about stealing cattle (8)
Device for stopping movement of barrel on slope (5)
Seaweed turned into household implement (4)
Principal ingredient of regular charcoal (4)
Lad combining moves in display of agility (5,7)
Fresh paint applied to a container for toys and sweets (6)
Romeo with American mobile home crossing river to get to mountain in the Black Hills of Dakota (8)
Delicate embroidery originally attached to leather pants (8)
Farmer's tool chest broken with donkey's foot (6)