The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29587 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29587 clues and answers were published on Thu 09 Jan 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29587 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


6-acrossSport, an energy-filled fight : WEAR
7-acrossJam pot’s first in hamper : CRAMP
8-acrossHalf a ball missing in match : TEST
9-acrossPostwar children pack large underclothes : BLOOMERS
10-acrossFestival you will shortly open getting closer : EYELID
11-acrossI’m surprised, eating cereal, it sticks to the chin : GOATEE
13-acrossI censor a depraved plot summary : SCENARIO
14-acrossLecturer gives this pain, to secure first in Italian : REPRIMAND
18-acrossFor Linnaeus, say, maggot active isn’t bad : BOTANIST
19-acrossLearnt about income from property : RENTAL
20-acrossBook Month: nothing surpasses a good book : OCTAVO
21-acrossNew love in the far north for a number? : NARCOTIC
23-acrossTurning stomachs, dirty talk : SMUT
24-acrossYoung swimmer constantly circling lake : ELVER
25-acrossAnswer by half the people, or all of them : AMEN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – One composer and another shortly visiting down under : BERLIOZ
2-down – In life, king’s vigour : BRIO
3-down – Not happy about one having to mount platform : DAIS
4-down – Mayfly makes border in record time : EPHEMERA
5-down – A short whisky say at noon that dulls the pain : ASPIRIN
7-down – Taking afternoon off, make for island : CRETE
8-down – Time to cut down forest for first book in series : THEWARDEN
12-down – Scold shedding a tear over Trump’s policy, something biblical : TERMAGANT
13-down – Shorebird from the pole : STILT
15-down – Attempted murderer maybe has a bit of respect for one old lag : PRISONER
16-down – Vain man from Apple for one with tidy hair : COXCOMB
17-down – Scientist forced to lie long ago: no good coming out of that : GALILEO
19-down – For Aristotle and Euclid to appear from the start among elements of basic education is not so normal : RARER
21-down – Its journey being through Russian city, one van avoiding periphery : NEVA
22-down – Why Norwegian king can’t relieve himself? : OLAV

This crossword has in total 30 where 15 are across and 15 are down.

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