The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 08, 2015

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 08, 2015

Clue	Answer
Actor as famous convert, born-again Christian?	PAUL
Added substances clean underwear	DOPANTS
Biblical king given greeting with more than just a shofar, seemingly	HIRAM
Bird outside enclosure returned — outside a period of days	JANUARY
Capital performance by one half confused	OSLO
Cheese nasty woman cut for author	ZOLA
Cleaner covering everything in part of palace, maybe	BALLROOM
Designer's new maternal style — see more than one Conservative wearing it	STELLA
Engineers with crazy guy set up electronic device	TUNER
Exotic dance movement with which girl wins Bruno's heart	LASSU
Funny opera (not English) includes light recitative	PARLANDO
Horses apt to bolt, abandoning a warm Leopardstown enclosure?	HOTPRESS
Introductory enquiry — who played what sounds like rugby, briefly?	HOWAREYOU
One of five children in street seen in a glance	SQUINT
Porn star in dalliance, sadly without affection	LINDA

Clue	Answer
Rang off, being emotionally disturbed?	HUNGUP
Rude wife assumed command going about	LEWD
See 12 across	LOVELACE
See 3	MCCARTNEY
See 9	NEWMAN
Separate river drying up before the end	SEVER
Some illumination in difficult situation following escape	LAMPLIGHT
Someone funny and passionate with extra love	HOOT
Spooner's slog, woman for taming being a dull person	CLODPATE
Squelchy tropical fish ship collected	MORASSY
Terrified female given instruction to slow down	FRIT
Try to be more charming? Not I, if you do this!	TURNITON
Underwear back to front one king removed for a laugh	SNICKER
Watery stuff from two rivers being baled out of rowing boat	WHEY
Wild animal's connections being read out	LYNX