Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 22nd 2016) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 29 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

After direction, City Hall works as it should! (9)
Breakdown in deliveries? (7,8)
Doctor, get up and heal this deathly disease (3,6)
Get involved in someone else's business? (5)
Organised miracle rescue (7)
Worried, hastened to receive religious instruction (7)
Leave word for the French (5)
Must it end in tragedy following extraordinary scenes? (9)
Sports club (7,3)
Sit on the fence with dispute between neighbours, perhaps (8)
Consider changing gear on the way (6)
It used to be very painful (4)
An ample opportunity? Not a bit of it! (1,3,6)
I play-act, badly out of character (8)
Servant in upset during dinner, perhaps (6)
Fair to put the head in charge (4)
Date of a battle? (10)
Yeasty reds drunk in recent times (10)
Sharing common interests — like football clubs? (2,6)
Island doctor turns up to be imprisoned in Asia, unexpectedly (8)
Il Duce turned out to be a mathematician (6)
Doctor got up and down (6)
See what has been written about publicity (4)
Even a dull writer may deliver a kick (4)
Gave out rapidly, as the drunk did? (6,3)
Subject those people to the ultimate in abuse (5)
Related company takes on new agent (7)
Joint league champ­ions? (7)
Hesitantly stated a colour and was wrong (5)