Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 21st 2023) clues of The Guardian Cryptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 34 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

<span>Introduction to Pointless, with tips from</span><i> </i><span>Alexander Armstrong, maybe identifying idiom</span> (8)
Help whistleblower to frame story (6)
Total number who've paid in gold to get cake (6)
Not guilty — meaning prisoner returned for the first time (8)
Bed and breakfast's closing after business (3)
Two TVs and a collection of DVDs? (3,3)
Had enough — county town's wanting street theatre banned conclusively (8)
Shy Matt emptied pockets (7)
New side, after old team get rusty (7)
I guess I'd supply camouflage (8)
American — nearly 21, say — ultimately still lacking principles (6)
Rest pot on the counter (3)
Sewers using fine line for edges of cloth trousers (8)
Father's shaking up Sprite (6)
A brilliant discovery! Brussels are amazingly full of potassium (6)
One has several options as a muscle car's punctured tyre at the finish (1,2,5)
Somewhere to go over adult 'hot stuff' (4)
Succulent drink gets round in (4)
Admit in court, taking drug occasionally (6)
Type of thermometer I inserted for show (7)
Managed small repair after using last bit of Pritt Stick (8)
Doctor, I croak with cold — one's often seen at the bedside (5,5)
Covering for Morecambe and Wise after finally opening for star turns (8)
Every now and then Manx cat's tail begins to stretch (3)
Supporter of British artist (3)
Stock well-known baker's cake ingredient? (4,6)
Experiment starts in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 — go! (5,3)
Ancient vampire bats left (8)
Swimmer's initially excited by terms of the deal (3)
This might stop photos being taken of crude lap dances, once lawyer's disappeared (4,3)
Beg group that wants to stay dry to carry masks etc over lake (6)
Some theory about eggs (3)
Device's international power plug (4)
In audition, refer to setting (4)