Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 21st 2017) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 26 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Put at risk, adopting a system of measurement (8)
Half of hair lotion put around part of London (6)
Very devout, hot and reportedly sour (8)
Socialist revolutionary eating pub lunch (6)
Rising operettist excising an intestinal growth (6)
They expose limbs, given sweets — is drink included? (10)
Womaniser reluctant to go to a South American city … (8)
… or mental (crazy) North American one (8)
Gap between outstanding features of holiday mostly in prison (8)
A vote for German 10, or Greek hero (4)
Dance to cast a lustful eye over (4)
Senior officer I covered with dirt-like slimy stuff (6)
Colourless church with scent outside (10)
Hybrid child receiving letter from Athens (8)
Want the French to be annoying (6)
Work hard to penetrate punctuation mark by which publisher may be recognised (8)
Is like "running water", infiltrating bogus food item (4,4)
Radish top getting into cooking vessel results in severe cold (8)
Musician to make off with most of capital (4,7)
Pause for popular insect with no bottom (8)
Not beginning to flag pain (7)
I adore getting drunk with member of band's crew (6)
Get rid of bouncer and hawker (4,3)
Old friends bringing equipment to hospital (4)
Time to wake up, accepting Flynn's cross-dressing persona (7,4)
Aquatic animal losing month's work (4)