This crossword No. 29170 clues and answers were published on Fri 08 Sep 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29170 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Finished with a player on one side being dominant : OVERAWING
10-across – Back a time and a place for important matches : ARENA
11-across – Eg captain leading little forwards in pack, say : OCTAD
12-across – With this, centre makes a short distance in final minutes : EXTRATIME
13-across – Minimal censorship? That’s one way to get play restarted : LINEOUT
14-across – Work on courses about small margin of victory in rugby : REPOINT
17-across – Intoxicated crowd, getting over line and leading in global competition : WORLD
19-across – See 17 : CUP
20-across – Where you’ll find beginning of game inscribed in stone : RUGBY
21-across – In any match he or she should play a fairly decisive role : REFEREE
22-across – Leinster centre, hard worker, quick to get ready : INSTANT
24-across – Problems due to too many coaches etc dog almost half of XV : TAILBACKS
26-across – A yen that chap has to forego to become international : AITCH
28-across – Touch, possibly? Otherwise it’s five points : SENSE
29-across – Mature and train for Rugby, for instance? That’s traditional : OLDSCHOOL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – One player’s performance in colossal upset : SOLO
2-down – He can ring the changes, as ten, in attack : SEXTON
3-down – Official when giving a send-off for sevens player : CARDHOLDER
4-down – Leader of Wallabies that is most off target : WIDEST
5-down – Provocative statements from a nasty person, one in pack : AGITPROP
6-down – Highly aggressive Kiwi activity, first of all? : HAKA
7-down – Moving back, not forward : RETIRING
8-down – Like kicker that’s injured in rugby match, say : GAME
13-down – Have score to settle between sides, so scowl : LOWER
15-down – Today’s big event in local publication : PARISMATCH
16-down – Score on way in passionate encounter : TRYST
18-down – Thugs upset if surrounded by rugby supporters : RUFFIANS
19-down – Start of rugby in old English clubs I found in study — it’s compelling : COERCION
22-down – Restrained by locks selected for team : INSIDE
23-down – Instruction to players to start fighting : ACTION
24-down – International held in appropriate stadium : TEST
25-down – South African starts for Boks, obviously enjoying rugby : BOER
27-down – One of two in fifteen for part of rugby match : HALF
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.