The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29036 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29036 clues and answers were published on Wed 05 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29036 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossEurope is able to control a leak : CONTINENT
6-acrossLionesses, in their element, top this! : FOOD
8-acrossInitially shocking commotion, with chap circling extinct mammal : MASTODON
9-acrossAlastair, on edge, did some housework inside : IRONED
10-acrossBrummie, no good house painter! : INGRES
11-acrossObelisk, rough and hard, matey : BLOKEISH
12-acrossFamous neighbourhood joint accepts relief regularly : HARLEM
15-acrossDischarge from energy undertaking : EMISSION
16-acrossCrown wants everyone to turn over last of the bones : PATELLAE
19-acrossNo more old tax surplus : EXCESS
21-acrossSeasoned fighter’s craft : MANOFWAR
22-acrossServe as comedian, performing around one : WAITON
24-acrossWriting ‘share certificates’ at end of document : SCRIPT
25-acrossA gas explosion involving Ross Sea : SARGASSO
26-acrossTube that is inverted in vivisection — extremely : VEIN
27-acrossStudy, shift and change mail direction details? : READDRESS

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – See 6 across : CHAIN
2-down – Brown rejected name associated with mountains — genuine : NATURAL
3-down – River’s hard work — go away : INDUS
4-down – Make distinguished eastern quarter of Aberdeen count, perhaps : ENNOBLE
5-down – Old fossil, one cast in ‘Hackneyed’ : TRILOBITE
6-down – Stocks possibly of less worth in Flanders’ banks : FLOWERS
7-down – Does more than is needed as a blacksmith’s protective footwear? : OVERSHOES
13-down – Overwhelming downfall of sailors heading off with an iconic revolutionary : AVALANCHE
14-down – We contrived with lieutenant to break mother’s fall down a mountain? : MELTWATER
17-down – Wearing away a god, Zeus’s lover, with determination ultimately : EROSION
18-down – Vast extent of land area is lost without uranium : EURASIA
20-down – Prevailing mood of China? Cut power off first! : CLIMATE
22-down – Neptune’s promise to keep left? : WORLD
23-down – Band guarded by Samoa’s islanders : OASIS

This crossword has in total 30 where 16 are across and 14 are down.

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