This crossword No. 29318 clues and answers were published on Thu 29 Feb 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29318 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Pastry base for Spooner’s tinned meat : CAKESTAND
8-across – Type of cake that’s a hit : POUND
9-across – Showed cop’s note in pastry case by journalist : DISPLAYED
10-across – Pastry for tea, you say made with cunning, missing topping : TUILE
12-across – Pastry made from shortcrust mix: seconds wasted forgetting time and temperature : CHURRO
13-across – Flaky pastry is displaying lack of density : SPARSITY
14-across – Boatman returns with kilo of rock cake : BAKLAVA
17-across – Second rock cake is liable to produce vomit : SEASICK
20-across – Popular small porker with head removed close say to wings? : INSIGNIA
22-across – Messages ending bygone custom via papyri: small progress? : EMAILS
24-across – Steal quietly forward to get cake : CREPE
25-across – Track and field where his cattle wander : ATHLETICS
26-across – Boatman taken in by very much unknown type of cake : FAIRY
27-across – Six against one, humbled ultimately by head’s clarity : VIVIDNESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Somewhat like Judo master’s pastry? : DANISH
2-down – Unboxed item – import sale material : TEMPORAL
3-down – He mapped the source of the Orinoco after raising one of London’s hospitals : STRABO
4-down – Under canvas, reportedly getting saturated? : INTENSE
5-down – They’re forbidden to eat bun’s filling in American cakes : DONUTS
6-down – Questioning limits of action: awful, yet ironic : ANALYTIC
11-down – Chai free to be served regularly here : CAFE
15-down – The ends of a journey and not getting sickness: that’s unusual : ABNORMAL
16-down – Let off steam, in consequence rejecting leader : VENT
18-down – Beginning to confess eating pastry : STARTING
19-down – Good pastry : GASTRIC
21-down – Blended mince pie with rum : IMPURE
22-down – Pastry with problematic calories? Not so! : ECLAIR
23-down – Voracious eater of filo custard slice : LOCUST
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.