The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29887 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29887 clues and answers were published on Fri 26 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29887 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossMove work base away from Rink B? : POSTOFFICE
6-acrossComputer plug,cheapest possible? : IPAD
10-acrossPower to the Common People is not B : PAINT
11-acrossWhat Met man uses elaborately to measure drops in the first instance address depth : UDOMETERS
12-across‘You shouldn’t have squeezed into hot Tube’ – having gone west,words to remember you by : EPITAPH
13-acrossOrigin of our poetry’s American,like Browning’s land from Whitman’s? : OVERSEA
14-acrossThe stuff of myths cool dude assimilates well! : FANCYTHAT
16-acrossImpressive jpeg? : EPIC
20-acrossA big fan of messing about on it : INTO
21-acrossUnable to get off,recall vacuous Smiths album and vacuous lyrics : SLEEPLESS
24-acrossSide set back,fielding captain may employ it : LEGTRAP
26-acrossVietnam city taxi’s reversing place : BACLIEU
27-acrossMy intake is predominantly seeds,rum or vinegar : GRANIVORE
28-acrossOne ‘i’ needs tittle for screening B : IDIOT
29-acrossA bit of ‘Acol-ade’ as top bridge-player! : EAST
30-acrossB metal one owes to Spooner : DEADLETTER

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Go with a B : PEPPER
2-down – Comic Sans 28,so-called : SOIDISANT
3-down – Do better than B&B : OUTMATCH
4-down – Fine and attractive B : FLUSH
5-down – B almost alcohol free,usurping Independent in name : CHOCOLATE
7-down – Stamp one’s taken from B : PRESS
8-down – B channel for bathing resort : DISPATCH
9-down – B flew ejector seats to the north : JEWEL
15-down – B worker leaves trumpeter in shade : TELEPHONE
17-down – Flighty young woman is seduced by my beloved doom-merchant! : PESSIMIST
18-down – Brussels,say,put up B : DIALOGUE
19-down – Road travellers should be warned about this B&B : BLACKICE
22-down – Receptacle where artist hides B : BRAIN
23-down – B,though steep on incline : BUTTER
25-down – <i>Ruddigore </i><span>creators initially introducing its lead character as B</span> : GRASS
26-down – Ill,being fed on B : BREAD

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

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