This crossword No. 29963 clues and answers were published on Wed 25 Mar 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29963 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Spoiling old woman wearing jewellery : BLOWING
5-across – Modern cricketer gets final boundary of series : BATTERY
10-across – Novelist in a state penning article : MANN
11-across – Playing tuba in Rome with another instrument : TAMBOURINE
12-across – Cold musician’s unlimited drink : CASSIS
13-across – Live report of where Prince William’s crown might be? : ONTHEAIR
14-across – Subject’s alter ego ‘Gary’ seen outside pub : GEOGRAPHY
16-across – Relatives stealing £1,000 records … : SONGS
17-across – … by backing group holding note : TIMES
19-across – Make president replace politician with court after tricks : CONSTRUCT
23-across – Reforming c-capital punishment : CHANGING
24-across – Sell bicycle part to the audience : PEDDLE
26-across – Low church,perhaps York,returned English food : BLUECHEESE
27-across – Praise God for all to hear : LAUD
28-across – Demonstrate in favour of cricket’s longest format : PROTEST
29-across – Oppose noble queen : COUNTER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – General hides a cigarette in vegetation : LEAFAGE
3-down – Snakes and ladders board in Fiji now ends being flipped : WINDS
4-down – Woman’s brown back has a fracture : NATASHA
6-down – Chooses a pet with no tail,a bit tame in afterthought : ADOPTS
7-down – Elizabeth Reef – our secret signature : THREEFOUR
8-down – Managed royal position : RANKING
9-down – Sand dune got moved – plausible? : SMOOTHTONGUED
15-down – Sing loudly following party in open area outside town : GREENBELT
18-down – During chaotic reign,no good prince becomes smoker? : INHALER
20-down – Boss to drink more rum : SUPREMO
21-down – Growth of bird has head increase by a factor of 20 : CULTURE
22-down – Matches 50 and 88? Pointless at first : LIGHTS
25-down – Welshman taking part in Normandy landings : DYLAN
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.