The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29342 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29342 clues and answers were published on Thu 28 Mar 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29342 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPlant’s core cultivated with soil to reproduce : CROSSPOLLINATE
8-acrossBulb repeatedly lit with current suppressed : ONION
9-acrossFighter turning up to register after soldier : PUGILIST
11-acrossStrange US diet – belly of fella gets thinner : DILUTES
12-acrossRevealing outfit? Mini skirts a new look, ultimately : MANKINI
13-acrossBoth ends of laces threaded by feeling holes : LAIRS
15-acrossIn case of doubt, is your husband inside cheating? : DISHONEST
17-acrossWake wanting bit of medicine at hospital : AFTERMATH
20-acrossBoxer knocking the stuffing out of Teddy boy : TYSON
21-acrossLuger pistol at the front modified with a silencer : EARPLUG
23-acrossSon getting punched, not hard, is floored : STUMPED
25-acrossNaked old woman in apartment : FLAGRANT
26-acrossUnderwear, without padding, so plain : BASIC
27-acrossNotice member bending rules : MARCHINGORDERS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – What might make a full house from pack? Run following suit : CROWDPLEASER
2-down – Boris saving skin? He finally left Oxford college : ORIEL
3-down – It rains, empty sewage at sea, this might get dirt on surface : SANITISER
4-down – Did face set day after surgical procedure? : OPPOSED
5-down – Deal close to drug mule taking tablets in grams? : LEGUMES
6-down – New Year bill at the end paid for by plastic : NYLON
7-down – Shortness of balls: second over at the crease : TESTINESS
10-down – Meeting sweethearts – they’re easy to take out : SITTINGDUCKS
14-down – I learn it off by heart, essentially with other things : INTERALIA
16-down – Have more than admired dress? Exposed on top : OUTNUMBER
18-down – A sequence of four letters about one native : AFGHANI
19-down – Online reference needing number and name : HASHTAG
22-down – Reason I pass; lecturer reflecting on college : LOGIC
24-down – Old-fashioned piano, on property, missing foot : PASSE

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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