The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29407 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29407 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Jun 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29407 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossPlayers count bung in shed : CAST
3-acrossTell star playing in clubs about refreshing keys : CTRLALTESC
10-acrossArranged to spring a trap : NET
11-acrossFeel up when nothing goes wrong : GOOSE
12-acrossPolitician takes a beat, cutting out dead wood : MAPLE
13-acrossPrimate holding bird in both hands : LEMUR
14-acrossFeel sick about one child’s secret love affairs : LIAISONS
16-acrossBig setback being a hundred and one before your first club! : SOCIETY
18-acrossRevolutionary had a slip taking out power plants : DAHLIAS
20-acrossRoast is missing hot stuff : OVEREAT
22-acrossSoldiers and last bit of egg sent back on tea tray : CHARGER
23-acrossBake Off presenter has posh trainee replacing a line. Shade! : MULBERRY
25-acrossCobbled together a house in Washington : ADHOC
28-acrossBad luck dogs the finale : CURSE
29-acrossPartial fraction : NINTH
30-acrossSit back, it is a contraction! : TIS
31-acrossPower wielded by king amidst reshuffle? That hurts : MIDASTOUCH
32-acrossTramp’s fuzz : PLOD

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Doctor Livingstone’s first cousin taking on Conservative for the final time : CONCLUSION
2-down – Dumb way to take heroin … bare dumb : SHTUM
4-down – Already coming back to take list : TROLLEY
5-down – Sir Christopher’s part of the hospital is on the quiet side : LEEWARD
6-down – Kids’ hits on the radio : LAMBS
7-down – Getting rid of former Russian president’s no good for Middle Eastern Gulf : EXPUNGING
8-down – Suggests lines to the audience : CUES
9-down – Upset, the first lady is on a horse ride half-cut : AGGRIEVE
15-down – Nasty racist does solitary : OSTRACISED
17-down – Up and down, like second column? : CHEQUERED
19-down – Ambassador on a date? What about back problem? : HEADACHE
21-down – Books mid-October to chase bull in Spanish city : TORONTO
22-down – Reading unknown, almost one Celsius above and one Celsius below frozen : CRYONIC
24-down – Calling for bill in this manner suggests one’s unwell – aww! : BLESS
26-down – Fellow has to back Student Raffles, for instance : HOTEL
27-down – Film about boring mathematical equation : SCUM

This crossword has in total 34 where 18 are across and 16 are down.

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