This crossword No. 29178 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29178 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Accomplished lines about a comprehensive : OVERALL
5-across – Settled on entering working party : SQUARED
9-across – Career that’s stimulating : SPEED
10-across – Choked elongated fish perished : GARROTTED
11-across – Symbolic 5 includes guitar riff : FIGURATIVE
12-across – Detailed description of small muscle : SPEC
14-across – Anniversary bash outside eastern entrance out of control : TERCENTENARY
18-across – Guardian articles on Republican political group that heralds a storm? : WEATHERFRONT
21-across – State service : MASS
22-across – Drink that in Spanish means ‘island’ : MARTINIQUE
25-across – Umlaut scrawled over man’s name; accept it or else! : ULTIMATUM
26-across – Brother gets over Dutch scam : FRAUD
27-across – Sought to circulate around river’s low points : TROUGHS
28-across – Ostentatious as kids in a puddle? : SPLASHY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Loss, if York houses become fixed : OSSIFY
2-down – Go grey, perhaps, after near death : ENERGY
3-down – European football team abroad clear end by half-time : ANDERLECHT
4-down – Fair’s awkward situation: no parking : LIGHT
5-down – US state split by ex-monarch’s notary : SCRIVENER
6-down – America’s holding of heaven-bound heavenly objects : UFOS
7-down – Drumming sound coming from grass on a plot : RATAPLAN
8-down – Performed turn on ends of rickety stool, being two-toed : DIDACTYL
13-down – Significant base in Gulf conflict : MEANINGFUL
15-down – Versace, not busy, dropping round to see writer : CERVANTES
16-down – Feel dizzy taking diamonds, say, for beachwear : SWIMSUIT
17-down – Wrong time and time again — love rather strained : FALSETTO
19-down – Matches squeal when lit : EQUALS
20-down – Implacable insensitive heartless sexual partner : DEADLY
23-down – Newspaper ‘X’? : TIMES
24-down – Sticks up for superior : SMUG
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.