The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29293 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29293 clues and answers were published on Wed 31 Jan 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29293 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-across‘Shock and awe’ upset rogue dissenting group : STUPEFACTION
9-acrossLightning power in Blitz : RAPID
10-acrossViewed without subscription, just banking on film needing nothing : FREETOAIR
11-across19 literature is both this and that, would you say? A shade : DARKRED
12-acrossDevoted king stamps a deed : ADORING
13-acrossBeginning of rumblings in Mexico, the ground giving off heat : EXOTHERMIC
15-acrossOld outlaw in Scottish town : OBAN
18-acrossImmaculate as Swiss cheese, we hear? : HOLY
19-acrossAs in Nordic novel? : SCANDINOIR
22-acrossAcceptable to rip off book by Welshman, 19 writer : JONESBO
24-acrossLine in red and white stripes originally without success : WINLESS
25-acrossOne has to fight criminal writing : CONSCRIPT
26-acrossTale ultimately penned by Nordic boy just starting primary school? : SEVEN
27-acrossInstil say suspicion at the outset in crime, as 19 writer : STIEGLARSSON

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Exeter evacuated, around which wind blows up – American streets emptier? : SUPERBOWL
2-down – See 24 : UNDERTHE
3-down – Certainly endless energy directed upward turned the air blue : EFFED
4-down – From two continents, as Armenia possibly? : AMERASIAN
5-down – 8 of 19? Something not worth having, I should add : TATTOO
6-down – Borders closed off in country of sultanate : OMANI
7-down – See 24 : BRIDGE
8-down – Keep puffing, Puff? : DRAGON
14-down – Reported broken window of a clergyman : RECTORIAL
16-down – Girl hugged by boy after relative recovered expenses : BROKEEVEN
17-down – Olympian gold finally given to noisy crude American : DIONYSUS
18-down – ‘Hello sailor’ appropriate? : HIJACK
20-down – Insurrection is curbed by cartel : RISING
21-down – Lover’s wife, Greek character important, by the sound of it? : PSYCHE
23-down – Group: into eighteen one twice goes! : NONET
24-down – Now forgotten, true maverick comes into range with 19 : WATER

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

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