This crossword No. 29704 clues and answers were published on Mon 26 May 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29704 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Cut flowers arranged around it over in shop : BOUTIQUE
9-across – Almost mate,having backed capture : ENTRAP
10-across – Man on board eclipsing second most powerful Russian once : TSAR
11-across – Penalties for pupils getting one plus six wrong : EXPULSIONS
12-across – Decorate sides of bridge and what it overlooks : BEDECK
14-across – Close bonds providing coverage for retirement : NIGHTIES
15-across – Noble and outstanding saints protecting church : DUCHESS
17-across – Expert in fix put at risk : MENACED
20-across – Express sorrow about large error so unlike good worker : SLOBBISH
22-across – Can eye present case,any part of which can be this : OPENED
23-across – Began after I confused student about it : INSTITUTED
24-across – Contemptuously react – gratuitous advice sent back? : SPIT
25-across – Tolerate European poet,quintessentially English : BROOKE
26-across – Eastern family with disease barely surviving : EKINGOUT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Philosopher’s wedding preparation initially cancelled : ROUSSEAU
2-down – Member of famous quartet proclaimed as celebrity : STAR
3-down – Narrow escape from destruction of quakes : SQUEAK
4-down – From bunch of letters in squares,ponder answer : RESPOND
5-down – Female garment,for instance,both down and up in new fiction : NEGLIGEE
6-down – Script with typo? Calm performance barely finished : STRIPTEASE
7-down – Part of Labrador first named in indigenous language : PAWNEE
13-down – Jumble in the box I twice show : EXHIBITION
16-down – It’ll transform us into superpower – some work essential : SHIFTKEY
18-down – Honoured in retirement Aussie sprinters,holding flag up : EMERITUS
19-down – Demolish or rebuild the 2 or 10 : SHATTER
21-down – Extra material tailors put inside vessels : LINERS
22-down – Decree from old king or queen followed by uproar about article : ORDAIN
24-down – Little good to be found in evil omen : SIGN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.