This crossword No. 29702 clues and answers were published on Fri 23 May 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29702 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Beautiful tree: feel bad with any being cut down in such a manner : AILANTHUS
10-across – Wide gap,though with nothing removed : WHOLE
11-across – Trendy to inject heroin after a litre drink : ALCOHOL
12-across – The American author eliminating last hero from Greece : THESEUS
13-across – I’m a Bishop,tucking into meagre vegetarian food : LIMA
14-across – Uncooked meat? Experts brutally cut it open at first : PROSCIUTTO
15-across – Is ‘zero’ accepted by English logician? Meaty stuff : VENISON
17-across – Publication I term running short regarding glamour : MAGICAL
19-across – Offering easy growth in computing? Clear hype’s misplaced : HYPERSCALE
22-across – See 13 : BEAN
23-across – Something described as metallic burning smell surrounding one … : LITHIUM
24-across – … largely swamping one with some water? : MOISTLY
26-across – Keen to abandon Right,adopting Left as standard : EAGLE
27-across – Roux perhaps about to backtrack after redesign of kitchen : THICKENER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Artefact of old battle? Bet Valhalla came alive : BALACLAVAHELMET
2-down – Government official,large,appearing in bowler? : PLACEMAN
3-down – Easy thing to miss top edge : INCH
4-down – Drive through South American country with Northern seed : CHILDREN
5-down – Position occupying excellent section in the current circumstances : ASITIS
6-down – Top of sluice losing liquid on a big scale : SWEEPING
7-down – Convincing information secured in crib : COGENT
8-down – Police operation – dastardly con,apparently : NEWSCOTLANDYARD
16-down – Showed precipitation without precipitation? That’s twisted : SPRAINED
17-down – Exploit making no sense,kidnapping one farmworker : MILKMAID
18-down – Beguiling warmth after cold : CHEATING
20-down – Servant carrying some Londoner’s scalding soup : POTAGE
21-down – Refined behaviour inclined to take a back seat around Cambridge University : COMITY
25-down – Dark and perverted,though not at first : INKY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.