This crossword No. 29397 clues and answers were published on Fri 31 May 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29397 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Old TV station introducing original character of Phoebe to Friends : ALLYPALLY
10-across – Knocked about and flayed, most feverish fight : SETTO
11-across – Weed guzzling vodka initially, then claret, hung over : HOVERED
12-across – A meat cut for seafood : ABALONE
13-across – Stone in middle knocked out of game : RUBY
14-across – Some idle chat about nation in western Europe, leader bringing democracy to country further east : LECHWALESA
16-across – Figure detailing the pain of spelling? : HEXAGON
17-across – Essentially vocal void, national anthem : OCANADA
19-across – Prison meal, awfully cold : IMPERSONAL
22-across – See 3 Down : TYRE
24-across – Ground where building of a hotel interrupted by flock of geese? : THEOVAL
25-across – Beethoven’s Fourth eclipsed by the one before – exciting stuff? : EROTICA
26-across – Red flag appropriated by Centre, Labour heading to the right? : ALERT
27-across – Really a lagoon needs emptying out – 99%? : NEARLYALL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Scrooge’s nemesis, perhaps, from Thatcherism’s far right? No! : FATHERCHRISTMAS
2-down – Where radioactive material handled, zero fed to British beef? : GLOVEBOX
3-down – Corporation in fight, yet switched on : SPARE
4-down – Fifty during shift working for club : BLUDGEON
5-down – Why parking has blocked English city back road, say : BYPATH
6-down – Capital wretched under leader in Sunak, a country upset about that : ISLAMABAD
7-down – Content leaving skirt and dress, flasher? : STROBE
8-down – A warren circled by bears and bull, OMG! : TOTESAMAZEBALLS
15-down – Needle in crypt cut through stone : AGGRAVATE
17-down – Headless shape, disembodied woman often asked in for test : ORALEXAM
18-down – Singular inequity ultimately in redistribution of capital : ATYPICAL
20-down – Policeman, stripper : PEELER
21-down – Something brewing perhaps in Licence to Kill epic : OOLONG
23-down – Very merry marine : JOLLY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.