The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29204 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29204 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Oct 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29204 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSort of stop exchanging rook for bishop: what’s left for you? : BEQUEST
5-acrossBeing on duty, stop light reflecting through airport : ORDERLY
9-acrossMillions offered in exchange are overwhelming : SWAMP
10-acrossLong to have maiden on rug shortly? Seize the chance! : CARPEDIEM
11-acrossStudy arousing the body by mutual agreement : CONSENSUAL
12-acrossPaid less, content to be shirking : IDLE
14-acrossSounder of body? Keep it firm with pressure, squeezed into tights : STETHOSCOPE
18-acrossAppear to have cried piteously for so long : ARRIVEDERCI
21-acrossEleven? You have two : LEGS
22-acrossConsiders turbulent times a pointer : CROSSINDEX
25-acrossWasn’t that a great fight! Have you forgotten? : WHATABOUT
26-acrossCathedral men returning to follow the faith? No way : TRURO
27-acrossDare one to blow up school : ROEDEAN
28-acrossGlass, one taken after mate in one : OPALINE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – What are essential pens like being gripped? : BASICS
2-down – One of several children holds a tango old-fashioned : QUAINT
3-down – Mark on score, one very obscured by coffee : ESPRESSIVO
4-down – Changes course, not a time for assaults : TACKS
5-down – Petition the family’s obese woman : OURFATHER
6-down – Act certainly in this : DEED
7-down – Soldiers doing parachuting, a bit of a shower : RAINDROP
8-down – Married before, after a month was up daughter sounded off loudly : YAMMERED
13-down – Killer I sidetrack, caught leaving plant : ASPIDISTRA
15-down – One to take to bed, I wondered idly? : EIDERDOWN
16-down – Small letter, more yellowy : SALLOWER
17-down – Cricketing medic accepting a test of acceleration : DRAGRACE
19-down – Oriental sort of bean these days unknown to British Isles : ADZUKI
20-down – In the cold, abandon trade fair, having seen half : EXPOSE
23-down – Fight over old earth : SETTO
24-down – I agree, German police not content it’s a prank : JAPE

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

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