This crossword No. 29232 clues and answers were published on Mon 20 Nov 2023 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29232 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Trickster handy with a card : PRACTICALJOKER
9-across – Had been to take boat trip for Christmas cheer : WASSAIL
10-across – More inquisitive about one getting extra rowdy : NOISIER
11-across – Arrangements one may be reduced to : RANKS
12-across – How does the decimal system work? I have concentrated : INTENSIVE
13-across – Instrument made in red and orange, strangely : REEDORGAN
14-across – Tall thin plank you cut down : LANKY
15-across – A pair of bishops at scripture, one wearing a mitre perhaps : ABBOT
17-across – Muscle that might make chins pert? Yes and no : SPHINCTER
20-across – Gangster carrying gun round, warning to get out : FIREALARM
22-across – Revive Frenchman with whiskey : RENEW
23-across – Pretended son played badly : SHAMMED
24-across – Run a short fiddle in cases of meat : RAVIOLI
25-across – Long lost texts found mixed up in local addresses : DEADSEASCROLLS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Electricity essential for this working meal? : POWERBREAKFAST
2-down – Lack of two principal characters ruining scene : ABSENCE
3-down – After tea say took charge of games as coach perhaps : TRANSPORT
4-down – Coming to see one’s vocation : CALLING
5-down – Pine not turning up: it’s worth thousands of pounds : LONGTON
6-down – Bulb working – something positive, possibly : ONION
7-down – Subversion headed off in issue of book : EDITION
8-down – Bugs a crew precisely dealt with : CREEPYCRAWLIES
14-down – Secure dog perhaps in vehicle : LANDROVER
16-down – Angry pub scene results in hail of missiles : BARRAGE
17-down – Wife on horse, as it were, has to wrap up : SWADDLE
18-down – Be very busy, certain to hitch up something off the shoulder : HUMERUS
19-down – Thin wrapping can frustrate : TINFOIL
21-down – Directed media to reform : AIMED
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.