The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29780 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29780 clues and answers were published on Fri 22 Aug 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29780 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossImport notice on empty crate,should that be possible for me to pack it? : SIGNIFICANCE
9-acrossA pretence,kidnap,conduit other-worldly? : ALIEN
10-acrossSee 9 : ABDUCTION
11-acrossSurvivor of battle with prime minister leaves : LETTUCE
12-acrossSomewhere in Serbia,denied entry to another country,Germany : NOVISAD
13-acrossEuropean argument’s back: radio equipment is put on for shock jock? : POLEMICIST
15-acrossMuck,say,in unopened passage : ISLE
18-acrossSee 24 Down : MEAT
19-acrossEarning gift,romantic admits that brought pain : MIDASTOUCH
22-acrossHunter of Welsh snakes : SHEWOLF
24-acrossA retreat by yours truly,most uncharitable : MEANEST
25-acrossTrouble seeing image ultimately,OK,focus! : EYESTRAIN
26-acrossThe same outrageous documentation sent back : DITTO
27-acrossLocal boy here,I’m crazy for Hollywood’s plutonium blonde? : BARBENHEIMER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Trace evil farmer via gossip? : SCINTILLA
2-down – Game well beyond drunk couple? : GINRUMMY
3-down – A nine,that’s one over the eight,silly : INANE
4-down – Batting accomplished as I played for country : INDONESIA
5-down – A squeeze getting a hundred in anteroom : ALCOVE
6-down – 11 bags elected for change : COINS
7-down – Bitter blow? : WALLOP
8-down – Anxious,I originally dropped grandma’s eggs : ONEDGE
14-down – Knackered in fact having caught race leader : CHIEFTAIN
16-down – Something for the wet,sweet and sour balls : SOUWESTER
17-down – Anyhow,currency the cause of fission? : ATRANDOM
18-down – Motor mogul being on another planet in old banger? : MUSKET
20-down – Bath liquid and meat in container with a lid? : HATBOX
21-down – Vessel for water I see bubbling up? : HOTTUB
23-down – Bottom on fire,up-end so be it? : ENEMA
24-down – How might one make team – and what to make of losers? : MINCE

This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.

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