Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 12th 2022) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 32 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Artists first impressed by youngsters (7)

Dishevelled engineers put back more grating (7)

Brief top (5)

A grim tortuous character performance (9)

Prayer leads to our redemption, I gather (9)

Spades cut in dull card game (5)

Physician left after a woman's protracted delivery (5)

Music for dancing bears spanning prohibition era (9)

Mum stops a sailor boarding container vessel (9)

Study setter's material (5)

Sailor in action regularly dropped off here? (5)

Hip fractured recently in pursuit (9)

WWII fighter to make unauth­orised flight, returning seaman (6,3)

Sauce recipes, tomato included (5)

Below par wage? (4,3)

Degenerate Republican's falling asleep (7)

English medic turned up with hat on, first landing here? (4,3)

Outstanding lakes in Britain polluted (9)

School's top people finally cracking Nutmeg's riddle (5)

Those with orders to carry out on battlefield? (9,5)

Renowned athlete bearing name initially misprinted in schedule (5,9)

Bare northern parts a Breton loved (9)

Little Boy's younger and nastier cousin admitting personal problem to hospital doctor (1-4)

Touring East, passes on hand-rolled ciggies (7)

Tart flavouring a little bit sweet (5,4)

See 5

Not the best variety of bean to eat? (7-2)

Scoundrel blocking intelligence agency's bugs (7)

Seasonal post with strings attached? (7)

Modern language degree, so it appears (5)

See 4

Outrage as a Guardian setter's reported (5)

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