This crossword No. 29895 clues and answers were published on Mon 05 Jan 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29895 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Sort of leave work around the house : GARDENING
6-across – Venerated object to carry miles : TOTEM
9-across – A swimmer’s name forgotten – that’s his former name : ASWAS
10-across – Favouring potential new power source is an extravagance : PROFUSION
11-across – US plaintiff,kid’s mother : DOE
12-across – Revising creed,only if good for the planet : ECOFRIENDLY
14-across – French composer ponders,losing speed : DELIBES
15-across – Appropriate service held in the sea : MERITED
16-across – What may be knocked out of shy clown enthusiast : COCONUT
19-across – Ground given anti-slip winter treatment : GRITTED
22-across – Suck up the taste of Indian meal without dal in the end : CURRYFAVOUR
23-across – Sickness was carried in the air,it’s said : FLU
24-across – Had too much already,before we hear a tea going into the cooker : OVEREATEN
26-across – Perfect negotiator’s motto : IDEAL
27-across – Tall tree collapsed,locking in carbon : ERECT
28-across – Distasteful ruling holds up in turn : REPUGNANT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One relative or one of each sex : GRANDAD
2-down – Bad treatment of green wood : RAWDEAL
3-down – Rabbit that lays eggs? : EASTERBUNNY
4-down – I am godly? No I am not : IMPIOUS
5-down – Rum stuff,this material : GROGRAM
6-down – Not entirely tense character : TAU
7-down – Tasted some dish,make three changes? : TRIEDIT
8-down – One day,looked to be rich : MONEYED
13-down – Such a scream,having a very minor operation? : EARPIERCING
16-down – Weather pattern is working through a sequence : CYCLONE
17-down – As commander,sadly greet such a procession : CORTEGE
18-down – Kitchen appliance closed at the back? Not quite : TOASTER
19-down – Mature woman heartlessly breaking into clique : GROWNUP
20-down – Fabric,rich,folded over cheese : TAFFETA
21-down – One sported with hose,wetter holding this : DOUBLET
25-down – Amphibian wandered away,off its lead : EFT
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.