Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 23rd 2009) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 28 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Beastly schoolmate misbehaved, caught out (9)
View missing page one: it'll make you weep (5)
Extra spinner with bounce essentially in turn (7)
A girl's ugly husband's rather big (7)
Pound’s variable during long period (4)
Dog collars cat in interminable mad hothouse production (4,6)
Peacekeepers for the most part ceding current base (7)
Irish poet Russell considered effervescent (7)
Rings about going to meet the King's No. 1 (3,5,2)
She ends program­me with a somersault (4)
Struggles to make Betsy beefy, for instance (7)
I'm with my Roman counterpart, tucking into extremely dubious appetisers (3,4)
Bad news for Wimbledon players? (5)
Point to kid eating one in each dish (9)
Charity appeal that follows increase in seasonal fare (6,3,1,5,2,3,3,4,3)
Herb Simpson tumbled in grass (8)
What my dog may do when I go out (5)
Local legwear that is scrubbed for Terry (8)
Top-level luminary keeps hide for writing (6)
It may be put in restaurant's pot pourri mixed with rose tip to mask pong (9)
Glass-maker with degree builds Roman church (6)
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Is he in the middle of nowhere at odds with creation? (9)
Water-carrier died in a never-ending line at court (8)
Seafood dishes or rump steak cooked with no rump (8)
Irish novelist's devotee in Romanian capital (2,4)
When man quits monastery abroad he's tight-lipped (6)
Old blend in Italy 2009 (5)