The Guardian Cryptic October 17th 2016 Crossword Clues • Crossword Tracker

Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (October 17th 2016) 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.

It may be played on the lawn (8)
Office workers go to a Scottish island (6)
They help those wishing to take cover (8)
Stops some injustice as essentially unfair (6)
Approach shown by a forceful person (5)
Issue half of them before a race (9)
Threaten with acid? It may result in inevitable fatality (7,5)
Gatecrasher? (9,3)
Greatness, unfortunately, makes enemies (9)
Peer in uniform (5)
Revising his set subject (6)
Serving men and women operate from behind it (8)
Relax and pause going round about the Orient (4,2)
Greek hero who had an epic journey to get home (8)
Top style musical party (6)
Bird lives in hide (6)
Remain by ascetic (9)
Financial controller's holdings (5,7)
The thanks one gets from a Greek character (5)
VAT files go astray? Time for celebration! (8)
Drink? Ben has it as a cocktail (8)
Being opposed to building seats for spectators? (6,1,5)
The longest chords in non-musical circles? (9)
Though he's not there, he's proverbially conspicuous! (8)
Good people to have around, say, with speech defects (8)
It's useless turning it into a form of fuel (6)
Yet they may be quite young trees! (6)
Goodbye for new aide to union leader (5)

October 17th 2016 The Guardian Cryptic crossword answers