Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (December 23rd 2002) clues of The Guardian Quiptic crossword.

Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 33 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.

Trespass inside my precinct, having had a drop too much (5)
Season that has its charms, perhaps (9)
Dries out with efficiency in the preferred way (9)
Praise former partner, a lieutenant (5)
Fool breaking into wail at the singing of carols (7)
Refunds are best in other words (7)
Picture of one wise man (5)
Issue at the centre of the universe, reportedly (3)
Some may equal target for sacrificial board (5)
Walks a way, then takes transport (7)
Scared when a few originally had hearing equipment (7)
It's dark near the junction (5)
Little darling hides fleeces (9)
Flat anthems in ritual practices (9)
The last of love is great (5)
In the centre of publicity about road (4)
Dubliners see, they say, main part of the British Isles (5,3)
Colourist coming from Ryde (4)
Substitutes for braces in Arctic regions? (3-5)
Appeal to petition the Queen (6)
Gather around silver collection (10)
One politician with skill to communicate (6)
An afterthought on the way led to attention-seeking sound (4)
Carol singers' stays? (5)
Unusual act is noted by storyteller (10)
Scrap mad herds (5)
Narrow escape for the girl next door? (4,4)
Make a mistake in set-up around the dishes (8)
Crooks turn back in the streets of Paris (6)
Still sent around the Italian (6)
A Frenchman's Christmas (4)
Precipitation at three points around a circle (4)
Stare endlessly at the sun, for instance (4)