Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (September 2nd 2021) 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.

A socialist gets to sit back inside, being detained (8)
Relations to make trips, heading off (5)
Enjoys drink after chum's come around (4,2)
Idiots given notice — such must face the reckoning (8)
Something handed out for daughters to tuck into — it's child's play (6)
Tree choked by parasitic plant in a miserable state (8)
Pleasant life or still life? (1,4,2,8)
Guardian boss goes after officer — factual accounts shouldn't be this! (8)
Tongue-tied Oxford don to make love with hesitation (7)
Poor cast includes three from Swedish group (6)
Artist dunking pencil into beer (9)
Food enthusiast gobbles starter for lunch (4)
Mother figure spreading heavenly food around party (7)
Chase down weak animal round with heart aflutter (3,2,5)
What gives some gripes — tomato sauce (5)
A pair of females streak, creating disturbance (6)
A drop of rain once more elevated river (7)
Make familiar sound of a zany (8)
Bizarre ban — all I must eat's a Scotch egg, some claimed (11,4)
Bombast from silly rich Tories is to be ignored (8)
Put in lodgings right by unusual tree in courtyard (9)
Home help with a superior manner keeping quiet (2,4)
Silk suits more crumpled I'm to get rid of (7)
Publicist with gift for concealing decline (5,5)
Revolutionary with others turning up in compound (7)
'Little river' one will present here (4)
Examined? That's not new after half-term (7)
Simple fellow eating nothing gets wind (6)