The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Answer - Jan 01, 2015

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword Puzzle Solution - Jan 01, 2015

Clue	Answer
A centre for research into breadfruit	CALABASH
American female tennis legend	ASHE
Booze off limits to birth control enthusiast	TOPE
Buddy and Charlie don't know the words?	CHUM
Chat show host walks on water	PIERS
Chemist stocks drug for stars	BOOTES
Cold meal wrapped in foil	SCUPPER
Date of road tax moving forward	TRYST
Do successors occupy country, having ousted last PM?	PREMIER
Ends of Rice, Brown and Garner? Time for anger	ENRAGE
Esteemed journalist is buried under grass	RATED
Friend tied knot round wattle	DEWLAP
Grey matter with a laminated cover	THALAMI
Had better drug previously, it seemed to Arachne	METHOUGHT
Hit squire near the knuckle	RISQUE
Lure fish in a westerly direction and downwind	LEEWARD
Mate rounded Cape unnot­iced	HUBBY

Clue	Answer
Mo's audible nervous habit	TIC
Most of matchmaker's meeting with male went smoothly	SWAM
Passing mention of sex in broken Yoruba	OBITUARY
People who undermine subordinates slyly, but noiselessly	SABOTEURS
Perfectly embodies the ultimate in courageous soldier material	TOAST
Ram's purpose, in sum	TOTUP
Really big sizes are in the ascendant, OK?	SOSO
Rookie Conservative, upside down and back to front	TYRO
Shadowy figure trashing hotel suite	SILHOUETTE
Show indifference and keep quiet, when confronted with wig	SHRUG
Six ducks living on Scottish islands, one with more than one tongue	LINGUIST
Split from husband, heading off to give birth in cowshed	HALVE
Styptic band inserted into a temporary splint	ASTRINGENT
They went in search of sheepskin, as bottled gas ran out	ARGONAUTS
They worship former Tory leader, full of lies or nonsense	IDOLISERS
You can count on these four Swedes swearing out loud	ABACUSES