This crossword No. 29570 clues and answers were published on Thu 19 Dec 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29570 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Arguably an excess of emotion when cataloguing bug? : LISTERIA
9-across – Stop and stand : STALL
10-across – Beautiful message by 22 down – for her character : JANE
11-across – Roman copper coin, a rare fake featuring head of Balbinus : CARABINERO
12-across – 22 down character remains attached to English lord in senselessly joining club : ELINOR
14-across – Game pie calls for dried fruit : ALLSPICE
15-across – Comedic theatre where amusing hosts made merry : DRAMEDY
17-across – Foot carrying cut, very anxious : PANICKY
20-across – On the rack – in italics? : STRESSED
22-across – One that’s correct, though not entirely sharp : ACETIC
23-across – LS’s extra dining room? : HOLLOWLEGS
24-across – Drunkard, sweating, dropping time and time again in London area : SOHO
25-across – Greenfly for example with love for green stuff : PESTO
26-across – Mesmerising guru, one accompanying Scandinavian lass : SVENGALI
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Part of fish, large on threshing shark : FINAGLER
2-down – Mark eyed in first year : STYE
3-down – Seller of food that’s less appetising, we hear? : GROCER
4-down – See 10 Across : FAIRFAX
5-down – 22 down character personifies a despicable pleb loather : ISABELLA
6-down – For example, Fitzgerald’s behind sacrifice, 22 down character : FANNYPRICE
7-down – 22 down’s Mr. Collins, say, cut from poem and caught : CLERIC
13-down – Book contains three-fifths of tales untold : NUMBERLESS
16-down – See 12 Across : DASHWOOD
18-down – In speech, 22 down character’s noble : KNIGHTLY
19-down – Bad day punctuating a creative work : ADVERSE
21-down – See 5 : THORPE
22-down – Author, ‘X’ from Oz? : AUSTEN
24-down – Long narrative, a talk written up : SAGA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.