The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28699 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 28699 clues and answers were published on Tue 08 Mar 2022 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 28699 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossBranch of medicine in US city set record for foreign money? : NEUROLOGY
10-acrossUnhurried passage of old vessel on lake : LARGO
11-acrossOne of a trio of writers in the family omitting pairs of leading characters : EMILY
12-acrossAccount swallowed by public editor exaggerated, in part : OVERACTED
13-acrossSee 26 : SISTERS
14-acrossDivine female’s initially extremely bad repute : EUTERPE
17-acrossKing sheltering solitary hopeless person : GONER
19-acrossBad way to start my statement of intent : ILL
20-acrossOne inhabiting island, part of Asia Minor : IONIA
21-acrossPeriod in which monarch managed to create order : ARRANGE
22-acrossHerb in duck and orange concoction : OREGANO
24-acrossDessert, possibly Russian, in US city : CHARLOTTE
26-acrossEg 25’s issue in play : THREE
28-acrossFinancial support part of UK turned over for part of Asia : INDIA
29-acrossCricketer’s family? They embodied youth, beauty and elegance : THEGRACES

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Princess with three siblings, mostly appropriate : ANNE
2-down – Vengeful group that is wrapped in winter clothing : FURIES
3-down – Dreadful older phony that’s more than two-faced : POLYHEDRON
4-down – Happy girl with 26 13 across, person I’m addressing second : JOYOUS
5-down – Namely, he gets excited about marriage : HYMENEAL
6-down – So-called essayist creating role of princess after 8 : ELIA
7-down – Gun covering almost 26 members of fraternity : BRETHREN
8-down – Half of device for storing data in binder : CORD
13-down – English writer upset about first letter from Greece — or a later one : SIGMA
15-down – Following mass movement, tries terms — as in US : TRIMESTERS
16-down – Plenty of time to muse : ERATO
18-down – Names of two girls sharing mother in this part of France : NORMANDY
19-down – One daughter being what makes her who she is : IDENTITY
22-down – Kitchen device that, for a writer, is often dear? : OPENER
23-down – It’s different in a car, if it has a horn : AFRICA
24-down – Painting turned up after century, source of inspiration for historian : CLIO
25-down – King Edward the humorist : LEAR
27-down – Like pie, or a piece of cake : EASY

This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.

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