The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29393 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29393 clues and answers were published on Mon 27 May 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29393 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossFilm company boss and satellite : STUDIO
5-acrossControversial type of European film : POLEMIST
9-acrossActivist gets rougher when going back inside : CRUSADER
10-acrossRelative backing of measure that’s a relief : NEPHEW
11-acrossBeing corrupt, I twice try to conceal soldier’s malpractice : IRREGULARITY
13-acrossSinger engaged in nepotism : OTIS
14-acrossTop’s come off instrument? Then adaption needed for musical entertainment : IOLANTHE
17-acrossSly son, big and single : STALLONE
18-acrossNever managed to turn at end of runway : NARY
20-acrossMosaic construction showing satellites on move : TESSELLATION
23-acrossTraditionalist, one of a number on the board? : SQUARE
24-acrossFiesta, in body terms holds 4 : CARNIVAL
25-acrossAbandon craft – it’s turning about! : JETTISON
26-acrossBoudicca-style accessory chest moved around yard : SCYTHE

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Name after Salt Lake : TARN
3-down – Is second to wear wretched sack : DISMISSAL
4-down – Dead city once covered by rock and dirt : ORDURE
5-down – Fast-moving hunter’s power rifle range, once set : PEREGRINEFALCON
6-down – Daffodil advanced by actor James? : LENTLILY
7-down – Gloomy sort of cleaner, about to retire : MOPER
8-down – Top Labour and increasingly rattled Tory leaders keeping quiet : SWEATSHIRT
12-down – Like David oddly equates US with Turkey’s capital? : STATUESQUE
15-down – Nothing’s achieved by being dominated by foreign dissent : NONENTITY
16-down – Unfeeling music genre? Not so much : SOULLESS
19-down – Knight, despicable type, turned back river : TIGRIS
21-down – Hardly satisfying read, Times leader : SCANT
22-down – Penniless poet’s strip : LATH

This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.

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