The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29499 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29499 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Sep 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29499 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCoo! Perhaps it is time to put on ring : BIRDCALL
5-acrossMinority backing a little Conservative chap following probes : THEFEW
9-acrossFemale we bet I will spoil with love : WIFETOBE
10-acrossSubstance secreted by oleasters, side by side : STEROL
11-acrossCycle around Herts town in the direction of Iron Age settlement : RINGFORT
12-acrossWriting on edge of pot : HEMPEN
14-acrossStart of briefing is not as in agenda: answer party with opening issue at table : BIGENDIANS
18-acrossAfter heated clashes with many, agree fixture for big match : NAMETHEDAY
22-acrossSay to a person : FORONE
23-acrossDrunken evolutionary bar rant expressed heartfelt feelings : ILOVEYOU
24-acrossMaybe excel with muscle, rippling amount! : OUTMAN
25-acrossSuch eliciting notice from potential addressees? : DESRESES
26-acrossOne’s first moved to travel on e.g. bus with three conductors? : TRIODE
27-acrossPoor school rings out each time for a progress-checker : BRAKEPAD

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Gathering with hostility in cave : BEWARE
2-down – Deliver clarification on penalty : REFINE
3-down – Isolate copper, in contact with fluorine repeatedly : CUTOFF
4-down – At Centre, valet is catching Wooster purloining last of garden rakes : LIBERTINES
6-down – Impetuous folk stop TV show’s interruptive material : HOTHEADS
7-down – American university academic merging upcoming pre-Congress activities : FOREPLAY
8-down – Good health points effecting switch in what paper shops do : WELLNESS
13-down – Was sorry about adopting writing system with no ‘B’ mechanism : DERAILLEUR
15-down – Reason a trip to the tobacconist is on and off? : SNUFFOUT
16-down – Lovers – bonkers – at it again indoors : AMORETTI
17-down – Ways to engage with a model : STANDARD
19-down – Admitting Arts Academy deserted very fine composer : DVORAK
20-down – Plant U-turning keeps of course wasting energy : HYSSOP
21-down – Planted smackers on breasts, so reported : BUSSED

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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