The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29624 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29624 clues and answers were published on Fri 21 Feb 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29624 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFloors warp slowly at first with buff carpeting : BOWLSOVER
6-acrossAnchor, one swallowed by fish : BASIS
9-acrossLost when navigating? : ATSEA
10-acrossAffluent London district with bitter constituents, by the sound of it? : MAIDAVALE
11-acrossQuiet when kids finally kicked out, eh? : HUH
12-acrossBlandishments from Wellington at Waterloo? : BOOTLICKING
14-acrossStick figure, head in Hangman to go – in trouble up there? : GUMTREE
15-acrossRecognise extract : PICKOUT
16-acrossGreat Arsenal leader in Italian stallion perhaps tackled by those from Chelsea? : BIGGUNS
19-acrossStole 23 across? : MUFFLER
22-acrossA tight shirt features again on back of striker in Scottish team : RAITHROVERS
23-acrossQuiet quip : GAG
24-acrossCentral politician or whip stymied by it : IMPORTANT
26-acrossLast of five huge boxes to lift : EXTOL
27-acrossWhere one might be putting London park : GREEN
28-acrossBath full of beer ultimately quaffed by difficult setter : HAIRSPRAY

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Grasp Spooner’s headlouse? : BEARHUG
2-down – You and I pretend to save time for team : WESTHAM
3-down – Very difficult installing engine part in Yorkshire town : SCARBOROUGH
4-down – Go low boarding vessel : VAMOOSE
5-down – One mistake at end of game in suburb of West London : RUISLIP
6-down – ‘Cold-blooded’ killer, swine wanting closure : BOA
7-down – Sixties singer bringing power into song in brief theatrical performance : SHAPIRO
8-down – Top and bottom of small cube in trick : SLEIGHT
13-down – Tip over beer in London station : COCKFOSTERS
16-down – Bananas, except top banana : BARKING
17-down – Catch monkeys in valley when ground cleared : GLIMPSE
18-down – Food processor plugged in connects to machine : STOMACH
19-down – Art is with me modelling for great artistes : MAESTRI
20-down – Swine loses top match : LIGHTER
21-down – Maiden coming into Bank via Victoria, say? : REGALLY
25-down – Career issue : RUN

This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.

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