The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 09, 2015

 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 09, 2015

Clue	Answer
A three in rummy, coming to a close	INTHEAREA
Aspect of main UK tit utilising tongue	INUKTITUT
Band crew/outfit leaders on road — useful for light adjustment	SASHCORD
Become rough restraining right drama queen	GERTRUDE
Beloved's mail not registered at first?	AMOUR
Blunder into hill monkey	TERROR
Cabinet's mean temperature?	CLOSET
Censor's on to author, who supplies stand-up material	GAGWRITER
Channel bird at tide's edge	DIVERT
Characteristically, Churchill's gold chair repaired by Her Majesty	CIGARHOLDER
Deliveries were successful — but taxed unreasonably	OVERWORKED
Direct cowboy's charge?	STEER
Drinks made from good or bad type snaps	EGGFLIPS
Emperor's bird houses lacking garden tools	TITUS
Fish posture of diver	PIKE

Clue	Answer
German involved with ghost story set in a fantastic castle	GORMENGHAST
Good horse beef	GROAN
Half of certain instrumental groups going north ignore changes	STET
Hear about revolutionary plan to secure a valuable collection	TREASURY
Height restricted by splitting a ficus plant	FUCHSIA
Margins revealed on Minis?	OUTSKIRTS
Meat roll which is commonly smoked and secured	faggot
Operatic production interrupted at intervals by hard left teddy bear fan	ARCTOPHILE
Related to number one product of Swiss city's inner area	URIC
Skin's fine deposit	FLAY
Southern flounder stew	SWELTER
Tense before osteopath's administered oral application	TOOTHPASTE
Unscrupulous professional in distress, hysterical	SHYSTER
Using mobile to ring representative is critical	IMPUGNS
Was hidden plastic, encasing canine opening, like a filling?	SANDWICHED