The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29011 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29011 clues and answers were published on Tue 07 Mar 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29011 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossIndulge in drink, losing head : WALLOW
4-acrossIncreases in inflation, as young take on politicians before university : PUMPSUP
9-acrossParty? Good! Know direction of line for setter’s home? : DOGKENNEL
10-acrossConsummate non-consumer consumed by contents of query : UTTER
11-acrossAlcoholic drink flavoured with fruit and rose, perhaps : SHRUB
12-acrossConcentrated in core of listeners’ riddle, say : INTENSIVE
13-acrossFalls in Arsenal’s initial profit reversed by the Gunners : NIAGARA
15-acrossPut an end to drink : SCOTCH
17-acrossTroops drop GI, taking odds for leader : TOPDOG
19-acrossLubricates drunken serenade, endlessly filling empty glass : GREASES
22-acrossLacking will to use US highway, cutting out middle of journey : INTESTATE
24-acrossBoatman’s last to provide a new start to illuminate the dark : NIGHT
26-acrossAmerican cold drink initially stirred then drunk : SLUSH
27-acrossVampire beaten by sides of ricotta with fresh vegetables : PRIMAVERA
28-acrossQuietly removing wrappers from fancy baked food : PANCAKE
29-acrossContend this would produce a drink when legless : ALLEGE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – A lot of money perhaps leads to embezzlement — special investigator now joins fray : WADESIN
2-down – Drink contents of jug instead of a shot potentially from this : LUGER
3-down – Too much in the drink? : OVERBOARD
4-down – Boatman’s enemies changing direction in exercise : PILATES
5-down – Regret being drunk on rum : MOURN
6-down – Regulate misuse of pesticide — it’d cut corners etc : SETPIECES
7-down – Trouble initially stopping, cut back and left : PARTED
8-down – Article on drink: a cause of pain : ANGINA
14-down – Reversal in clue to react? : ABOUTTURN
16-down – Everyone in this land alone, confused : ONEANDALL
18-down – Struggle with drink, its source concealing painful extremes : GRAPPLE
19-down – Perhaps Irish saga elicits something occult : GAELIC
20-down – Surfeit starts to show at one over eight, say : SATIATE
21-down – Raise drink! Another drink! A lot of drinking : PISSUP
23-down – Sound like a faulty chainsaw, cutting out first in … : SCHWA
25-down – … murder of bargee, not a diver : GREBE

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

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