The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29055 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29055 clues and answers were published on Thu 27 Apr 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29055 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossMonarch, politician and British parliament in sport : CROWNGREENBOWLS
9-acrossIntense feeling I don’t know in suppressing love : PASSION
10-acrossSee 28 : OMNIBUS
11-acrossLast of all, Ivan the Terrible born : NEE
12-acrossBrilliant : SENSATIONAL
13-acrossSomething sugary on dish, honey : SWEETIEPIE
15-acrossBand blew their own trumpets? : CREW
18-acrossSensible characters, we hear? : WISE
20-acrossCrack, where stuff in fluid bleeds : DESCRAMBLE
23-acrossTools locked in alongside spring, stopping mechanism : BRAKESYSTEM
25-acrossChicken dripping : WET
26-acrossSexual practice with an after-dark visitor : SANDMAN
27-acrossBoard showing pasty as lacking in taste : PALETTE
28-acrossOpera something painful and irritating, amateur collection for the average Joe? : MANONTHECLAPHAM

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Tool grasped under peg in wheel : COPINGSAW
2-down – Person bagging degree, Cambridge’s ultimate blue : OBSCENE
3-down – Punches ain’t less brutal : NAILSETS
4-down – Approach argument : RUNIN
5-down – Braggart again has come dancing : EGOMANIAC
6-down – Criminal within touch? : BANDIT
7-down – Basket in sport for discussion online : WEBINAR
8-down – Piece of floss is a long fibre : SISAL
14-down – Quite so in a German church : EVERYINCH
16-down – Elastic we gather, medium floury foodstuff : WHEATGERM
17-down – Mother throttles fighter in our class : MAMMALIA
19-down – River shut up in year before opening of Nile : SHANNON
21-down – Date encapsulating cold charm : BEWITCH
22-down – 15, ultimate of those names at sea : SEAMEN
23-down – Literary heart beats finally in resonating sound : BOSOM
24-down – Area of interest to film : TOPIC

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

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