The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29820 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29820 clues and answers were published on Wed 08 Oct 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29820 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossWriter of prose can start to turn verse out : CERVANTES
6-acrossProblem has engineers attending vehicle : REBUS
9-acrossMeasure copper coin : CUBIT
10-acrossOur unusual day-to-day record is beginning to trouble medical expert : UROLOGIST
11-acrossPoint made by idiot,learner expelled : DOT
12-acrossSecret agent put out in prominent position : CENTRESTAGE
14-acrossOffice worker about to be dismissed as member of religious group : SECTARY
15-acrossNew hotel bringing in a new intoxicant : ETHANOL
16-acrossExamined excellent item of furniture : PLUMBED
19-acrossWhat’s exciting for male? It’s to do with what mini reveals : FEMORAL
22-acrossMum,one of the celebs who values goods above godliness? : MATERIALIST
23-acrossRiver settlement not quiet : CAM
24-acrossGrown-up,one getting on,receiving a fan’s fawning : ADULATION
26-acrossCooked a suet dish : SAUTE
27-acrossOld characters travel around to get meat : OGHAM
28-acrossMost fond of outdoor life,stops delving into screen message : TWEEDIEST

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Baddy captured by American agency’s chirpy types : CICADAS
2-down – Bishop into something radical,mostly very cold and inhuman : ROBOTIC
3-down – Be got hold of by a merchant working in reception area : ANTECHAMBER
4-down – Sporting contest – time for Jack to travel : TOURNEY
5-down – Curse of firm limited in growth : SCOURGE
6-down – Port imbibed by patriot : RIO
7-down – Country woman given education in statistics group : BRITAIN
8-down – Poet not to lounge? : SITWELL
13-down – Maybe like things put into boxes or chests I made specially : SCHEMATISED
16-down – Fish old fellow catches quietly in Italian river : POMPANO
17-down – Story told originally in a French book about a Moabite woman : UNTRUTH
18-down – Nobody was such a writer : DIARIST
19-down – Receiver gets hold of excellent glazed earthenware : FAIENCE
20-down – Hermit with cunning plan to eat half a cake : RECLUSE
21-down – Shining,keen to hide slightest bit of blackness : LAMBENT
25-down – This writer’s going after a goal : AIM

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

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