Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (January 5th 2017) 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.

Whale hump nursed by princess (6)
All to play for, with raise to pocket (7)
A Winter's Tale character is absent — a mistake? (9)
A Winter's Tale character with perfect stuff about (5)
A Winter's Tale character's endless rot (5)
A Winter's Tale character showing nerve after illness (9)
Woman acting as boy, character shortly bagging a duke (7)
Mitigate rebuke, say? (6)
Crank has to perform with water regulator (6)
Gorge in middle of Yeovil, a tree ruined (7)
nfinit? (9)
Food reliable, though not starter (5)
A Winter's Tale character one's played (5)
Breaking record, work returned is for state capital (9)
A Winter's Tale character I love after soon rescuing protagonist at the end (7)
A little stout, a handsome statesman? (6)
One shy of seven? (7)
Rounded parts of spheres, no apex (5)
Warming device one's tucking into slit? (3,6)
A bloomer, one abandoning ally and old writer, virtually (7)
Kindness ultimately lacking in vast wit (5)
Salesman's turned up, very difficult to continue (9)
Time frames for courses (6)
Copy Greek character has to tear up (6)
Beauty cheers up after more bad breaks (9)
Roughly two steps around base of device, best point of contact (5,4)
Old Shakespearean wino denied victory — this to add flavour? (7)
A Winter's Tale character caught up in passion is romantic (6)
Act of betrayal in the end, lost cause (7)
A Winter's Tale character in the midst of hoax, raging briefly (6)
26 or 9 inspiring a writer (5)
A Winter's Tale character to discharge (5)