This crossword No. 29044 clues and answers were published on Fri 14 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29044 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Drum almost filled with a fruit : TOMATO
4-across – See 8 : OFFICER
9-across – Odd tuna swimming round northern river in Russia : UNNATURAL
10-across – Beauty pageants uneventful, though some tripping over : VENUS
11-across – See 4 down : BLOOM
12-across – Left-leaning Stalinist not quite right after revolution : SINISTRAL
13-across – Shrink once had nurses excited at the outset : DIEDOWN
15-across – Blue essentially follows decoration of room in gold : ORMOLU
17-across – Echoing note resounding initially — with this? : REVERB
19-across – Ultimately, buttock and lower back prodded by a couple of unknowns — one’s an idiot : WAZZOCK
22-across – River having dried up on the banks, used a digger : TROWELLED
24-across – Grand nicked by one scoundrel — or another? : ROGUE
26-across – Future time in firm reviewed : LATER
27-across – Fidelio’s Léonore, originally in disguise here: well, well, well! : OILFIELDS
28-across – Collaboration with offender and my Lord on the radio? : SYNERGY
29-across – Whole testament, account in it : INTACT
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dull sound when round gong that’s fingered : THUMBED
2-down – Get out having escaped pea: try fruit : MANGO
3-down – Carving on reservation, painted plate needing time for inscription : TOTEMPOLE
4-down – Actor putting the flora in Florida? : ORLANDO
5-down – …s game : FIVES
6-down – Part sung in key, another key briefly eclipsing it : CONTRALTO
7-down – Take stock when philosopher overheard? : RUSTLE
8-down – Inside job? : PRISON
14-down – Looking surprised — as a snail? : EYESOUTON
16-down – Brilliant at music, strange being on tour of Australia : MOZARTIAN
18-down – Platform where meaty sandwiches left : BALCONY
19-down – Bottomless den concealed by foxy to a great extent : WIDELY
20-down – Youth and king upset about fascist force in parliament : KNESSET
21-down – See 14 : STALKS
23-down – Miss little monster having sliced off head : ERROR
25-down – Type of fruit, one in apple : GALIA
This crossword has in total 32 where 16 are across and 16 are down.