Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 8th 2022) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 33 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

German you sent west pocketing pound for tip (5)
King, when retiring, strokes bird (7)
Leaders removing one dent in iron (5)
Steel, say, was shown by artist beset by defamation (7)
European queen with talent for being calm (10)
Palladium rejected because screw contains iron (9)
Made to run by header from Lucy Bronze? (5)
Left over fag rolled — it helps me think clearly (5)
Start to lose heart after fan rejects intro from Lady Gaga (8)
Moving spades, detect components of nickel (5)
Copper Age road men rebuilt (8)
Shambles! No good Queen covering up final note from Freddie Mercury (9)
Gag staff must keep wearing? This is irregular (9)
Criminal admitting racket in transported goods (6)
Indication submariner is surfacing (4)
Match of variable quality (5)
Government, say, blocking revolutionary ruler (6)
Raducanu's back, more confident one wants high returns (6)
Brass still coating rupees from the east (5)
Rifle butt might contain this (4)
Around opening, one hammered sheet for platinum? (10)
Breaking law, even US journalists must consider this (4,5)
Zest to put away doughnut or substantial puff (4)
Spies a place where men go (6)
Silver and such like? One investigates prices (7)
More than one tin article in case of canvas (4)
Chrome etc with a lot of rust on Sierras, oddly (8)
Look, I'm visibly happy to get picked up (7)
Clap about engineers turning up fuel (4)
Summon a naked malefactor to accept fine (5)
Speculators loudly vote for gold (5-3)
Grunts from pigs quietly going out (3)
Large pole's covered in lead (4)