This crossword No. 29979 clues and answers were published on Mon 13 Apr 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29979 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Manage to obtain expert remedy : PROCURE
5-across – Fight to secure wizard : WARLOCK
10-across – The opera for petrolheads? : CARMEN
11-across – Eternity may be represented as wholeness : ENTIRETY
12-across – Gaffer seen in good sort of light : GUV
13-across – Disconcerted in hearing having elevated seat : THRONE
14-across – Charges and unhorses criminal : ONRUSHES
15-across – A lawyer,but not for long? : BRIEF
16-across – Given a certificate with some reservations : QUALIFIED
19-across – Two words of compliance in song,or three such at sea : AYEAYESIR
21-across – Major Shakespeare role,new,to memorise : LEARN
24-across – Small child to eat with family : MUNCHKIN
26-across – Salad plant: I have the last bit first : ENDIVE
27-across – I am moving round train : AIM
28-across – No ordinary lake? : SUPERIOR
29-across – Obvious time for old lament : PLAINT
30-across – She leads a hand-to-mouth existence : DENTIST
31-across – Ivy for one in a soft shoe : CREEPER
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Child hero involved in treachery : REACHER
3-down – More usual answer for these days : COMMONERA
4-down – Park-keeper’s great annoyance following run : RANGER
6-down – Coming in last in spite of everything? : AFTERALL
7-down – Primate leads off responses in services from the front : LORIS
8-down – How Tom sees road safety feature : CATSEYE
9-down – Lenin for one turning in his grave? : REVOLUTIONARY
17-down – Bird fled a fire,flying off : FIELDFARE
18-down – Feeble-sounding stories in magazines : WEEKLIES
20-down – Solvers on underground platform : YOUTUBE
22-down – Receipts are concerning meeting place : REVENUE
23-down – Moderate rage : TEMPER
25-down – Luckily avoid both cold and high temperature : CHEAT
This crossword has in total 31 where 18 are across and 13 are down.