This crossword No. 29937 clues and answers were published on Mon 23 Feb 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29937 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Who might describe figures as ‘bad streak’ : SKATER
5-across – Finish off beer with beet and fish : PILCHARD
9-across – One who delivers wine and drugs by continental sea : REDEEMER
10-across – How you should enter this top grade bridge : ACROSS
11-across – Day in Oxford,say,by car – and Slough – showing no sign of wear : UNDIMINISHED
13-across – See 2 Down : TRAP
14-across – Firmness shown by figure,one connected to Kyiv,say : TENACITY
17-across – Marshal,atishoo’s just under way – bless me,silly! : ASSEMBLE
18-across – See 2 Down : YOUR
20-across – Trust a sailor to provide a basis for making advances to you! : CREDITRATING
23-across – Fibre fair loosened a fellow inside : RAFFIA
24-across – ‘Twelfth Night character heading off North with article’ – making of an opera? : IOLANTHE
25-across – It can stand the heat like old footballer of Spurs initially : ASBESTOS
26-across – Say aloud ‘move somewhere else’ to the audience : RECITE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Don’t open one’s gin – and not a word! : KEEP
3-down – Time up: helper needs to change emperor’s habit : THEPURPLE
4-down – Rye: mad to introduce the drink cure! : REMEDY
5-down – Amateurish PC met with destruction – it has no application,practically : PUREMATHEMATICS
6-down – Being a student,inclined to cover only one essential school subject? : LEARNING
7-down – Singers lacking top C – God! : HORUS
8-down – Civil trade refutes plc : RESPECTFUL
12-down – Where travellers have a choice of old British soap? : CROSSROADS
15-down – CERN icy – go mad: “It’s concerning what extreme cold can do!”’ : CRYOGENIC
16-down – Purloin a work of art : ABSTRACT
19-down – Arthur dramatically married : MILLER
21-down – Entry of ‘female’ in dictionary rejected by eastern writer : DEFOE
22-down – See 2 : SHUT
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.