Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (July 22nd 2009) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 26 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Tragedy in which family, regal, gets destroyed (4,4)
Play seen in theatre of a musical guy's partner (1,5,5)
Again tries, with energy, to perform play in practice (8)
Group of people surrounding popular playwright (6)
Writer of drama for sanctimonious emperor (6)
Leading players seen around West End for openings (6)
Author of a play for voices, sceptical type (6)
Secure article supporting English craft of musical theatre (8)
Minor actors in runs not resulting from hits (6)
A line inserted in excellent last act (6)
Charlie I brought into company in part of lieutenant (6)
Great actor dropping one title role in musical (6)
Rich countess in play taking capital from country (6)
I'm in China, doing a kind of acting (6)
Playwright making appearance in group interview (6)
Kinds of food eaten by wealthy German actress (8)
Like plays in which, after drink, I act atrociously (8)
Old London theatre that is, over short time, protected by dramatist (6)
Tragic heroine to imitate, coming to premature end (4)
Irving and others as four royal characters in 13 (6)
Outline for shadow play developed in hotel suite (10)
Reclaims, in a way, subjects of old plays (8)
Female introducing a speaker, possibly a playwright (11)
Losing consciousness, so making an exit (7,3)
Dramatist in old suit appearing before end of play (6)
Hard song to follow in old musical (4)