Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 30th 2021) 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.

Feel terrific — holy orders (not RC) providing a comfortable situation (3,4,2,5)
Mike's gone back in lead perhaps (5)
Do exercises in bad shape to begin with — they won't bring much joy (5,7)
Romance a special one? Not half! (5)
Wish to keep going round state capital (7)
Naive and stupid, snorting cocaine earlier (2,7)
About time — pull in abdomen desperately (one who's trying to look sexy?) (8,6)
Aim to have day in American hills (7)
Neither down about college failure (5-2)
Theatrical friend in hotel, having forgotten new address (7)
Girl from Welsh valley extremely down about leaving (5)
Liberal entering has been received topless — he'd get an eyeful! (5)
Temper! Losing head a lot (5)
Assume it's a 'no' for replacement gifts (9)
Big game reserve visited by a Member of Parliament? (5,4)
Horny as hell, dropping spades — it maybe could lead to this (4,2,3,3)
Pound's poetry, one admitted, having a lot of charm, initially (9)
Paper on strike cutting the supply (9)
Occupying room as on-off lodger, might you say? (5)
Nudge when maintaining one's balance (9)
'Excellent beer' in review for Crown and Sceptre? (7)
Helping one ingenue to conceal affair (2,3,2)
Victory? Sore loser back in touch is claiming one … (7)
Use up reserves of energy mating — stop! (both stripped) (3,4)
… bloke's a show-off! Think he could be desperate (5,3)
Western director screens short story — never mind (3,5)
Pub grub like this shouldn't be too fattening (5)
Wife's responsibility mostly to children (5)