Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 18th 2023) 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.

Something in the garden for pet owl to chew (9)
Tiny vegetable, and not a whole fruit (3)
Scotsman, the first person that's regularly driven over (7)
Newly initiated into food authority (9)
Arsenal supporter heading off into New York women's house (7)
A hard growth seen on oak (5)
Something done on the brass perhaps, causing some friction (7)
PM meeting an indigenous American (5)
Perhaps dog at college a bloomer (7)
It may be close to the church, or a serious distance (9)
Certificate Foreign Office employee doesn't complete (7)
Undeserving rich and their pampered pets? (3,4)
Told a tale about drug being craved (7)
Time for everyone to pass on their knowledge (5)
Eloquent preacher's year in church (7)
New to drink, run empire badly (2,7)
Man a terrible tsar? Not very (3)
Nymph has bedroom that creates sound effects (4,7)
Notice love is a great bother (3)
Could this suggest daughter only nine? Imagine! (7)
Having nothing to face? (5-6)
Best, perhaps, granny's hairpiece (7)
Died after aerial battle: going to heaven? (7)
Foreign character turns up in Paris park (3)
Two shortly become confused in silly talk (7)
Put off seeing how library books are displayed? (7)
Hotel room may have this ban on short skirt (7)
Extremely plaintive, desperate appeal for money abroad (5)
Unusual way to the mountains (7)
Showing arrogance, paid sportsman perhaps duly sacked (7)
S for Sovereign (4,2,5)
Adds something against eulogies (11)