The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29312 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29312 clues and answers were published on Thu 22 Feb 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29312 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossStop key piercing skin : RESCIND
5-acrossOne of those on the board in ‘otel on street : STILTON
9-acrossTemple say, where church dignitary originally involved in criminal trials : CHILD
10-acrossSee 17 Down : POLICEMAN
11-acrossWhere heaps could be made flabby? : OUTOFSHAPE
12-acrossSee 9 : STAR
14-acrossTurn up for yoga class, did you say? Boo and hiss! : ONOMATOPOEIA
18-acrossLike some old houses where two little boys live with socialist behind hospital : HALFTIMBERED
21-acrossTitaness back on the radio? : RHEA
22-acrossPlayful crime fools jerks : FROLICSOME
25-acrossThose increasing pace of journey narrated story with twists : TAILWINDS
26-acrossDefeat finally complete after reversal, lose it : ERUPT
27-acrossCountry game on river recalled : NIGERIA
28-acrossNaked dean back from Japan, say : EASTERN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Priest runs after page 3, for example : RECTOR
2-down – Hot under the collar, collared and cuffed? : SHIRTY
3-down – Suffering if in need, it’s endless : INDEFINITE
4-down – Huddersfield initially at bottom of division – how far down? : DEPTH
5-down – Explosive ingredient key in spirit, head of course blowing off : SALTPETRE
6-down – Island, 1/63,360 miles : INCH
7-down – Feline and little piggies guzzling a fruit of the vine : TOMATOES
8-down – Relative instructed to cover a baked food : NANBREAD
13-down – Where bishop might have to move quickly, sermons about five hundred seconds : SPEEDCHESS
15-down – Notes in old currency collected by Paul and mum : MEMORANDA
16-down – Dance bands on with the mostly funny old player : CHARLTON
17-down – Hump: cop off in the arms of Morpheus? : SLEEPING
19-down – Amount of space in book : VOLUME
20-down – See 16 : HESTON
23-down – Thread is line in middle of bulletin : LISLE
24-down – Capsizing in warfare, weakened vessel : EWER

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

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