This crossword No. 29256 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Dec 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29256 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Something in the garden for pet owl to chew : FLOWERPOT
6-across – Extremely plaintive, desperate appeal for money abroad : PESOS
9-across – Time for everyone to pass on their knowledge : TEACH
10-across – New to drink, run empire badly : ENPRIMEUR
11-across – Notice love is a great bother : ADO
12-across – Having nothing to face? : CLEANSHAVEN
14-across – Died after aerial battle: going to heaven? : SKYWARD
15-across – Two shortly become confused in silly talk : TWADDLE
16-across – Hotel room may have this ban on short skirt : MINIBAR
19-across – Showing arrogance, paid sportsman perhaps duly sacked : PROUDLY
22-across – Adds something against eulogies : CONTRIBUTES
23-across – Tiny vegetable, and not a whole fruit : PEA
24-across – Newly initiated into food authority : DIETITIAN
26-across – A hard growth seen on oak : ACORN
27-across – PM meeting an indigenous American : MAYAN
28-across – It may be close to the church, or a serious distance : GRAVEYARD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Undeserving rich and their pampered pets? : FATCATS
2-down – Eloquent preacher’s year in church : ORATORY
3-down – Nymph has bedroom that creates sound effects : ECHOCHAMBER
4-down – Could this suggest daughter only nine? Imagine! : PRETEND
5-down – Best, perhaps, granny’s hairpiece : TOPKNOT
6-down – Foreign character turns up in Paris park : PSI
7-down – Put off seeing how library books are displayed? : SHELVED
8-down – Unusual way to the mountains : STRANGE
13-down – S for Sovereign : HEADOFSTATE
16-down – Scotsman, the first person that’s regularly driven over : MACADAM
17-down – Arsenal supporter heading off into New York women’s house : NUNNERY
18-down – Something done on the brass perhaps, causing some friction : RUBBING
19-down – Perhaps dog at college a bloomer : PETUNIA
20-down – Certificate Foreign Office employee doesn’t complete : DIPLOMA
21-down – Told a tale about drug being craved : YEARNED
25-down – Man a terrible tsar? Not very : IAN
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.