Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (July 20th 2010) 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.

Means of contacting spiller of oil covering general and monarch (7)
Edinburgh footballer in departure from show (7)
The Moon mythologically has coloratura passages (5,2,3,5)
Welcome command to do computing? (5)
Potter book given to king with glove on (3,6)
Acknowledgment to one offering mortgage to one coming in late (4-5)
Bachelor girl in touch with Solomon? (5)
Scots wear for Welsh party (5)
Group of Matabele, a guerrilla force, operate a siege (9)
Long sentence for old buck is of the essence (9)
Poet into fool? (5)
Doctor with a French infection, person in charge of member with very hard task (8,2,5)
Tate Modern in call for lodging for 11 (7)
Lady Catherine's place in gross mistreatment (7)
Will part on search after tailless insect (7)
Choose young animal in ritual slaughter to lead to fire (10,5)
One frequently corres­ponding, as swan with dog? (9)
Job in dockyard: whistleblower wants it (5)
Temporary help arranged to keep me in period (9)
Female crossword setter's language (5)
Sh! Get concealed in 1 down: "beheaded king" assumes what has yet to be proved (4,3,8)
Shakespearean 9 (part 1) who sleeps on a bank some time (rest of 9) (7)
Doubt of ex-president losing article about … is it about love? (9)
Persian ruler's return embraces copper as gladiator (9)
Hostile stuff from Euro­pean creatures not ending (7)
Figure from disting­uished order getting brush-off outside (7)
Creature of air (male) to take to water (5)
Discourage resolve when setter's missing (5)