This crossword No. 29540 clues and answers were published on Thu 14 Nov 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29540 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Oxygen particle takes reverse path : ORBIT
10-across – Where to apply ointment in difficult situation : ONTHESPOT
11-across – Cold aspect of ex-PM and team? : NORTHSIDE
12-across – Dale against exiting passage : ALLEY
13-across – Contracting medic to attend ruler : DOCKING
15-across – One, in a bold move, goes to ball game : DIABOLO
17-across – Paper X : TIMES
18-across – See 29 Down : OFF
20-across – Force leader, caught in bad lie, to U-turn : IMPEL
22-across – Son stifled by ‘worthy’ ancestry : DESCENT
25-across – Managing to get somewhere between flights : LANDING
26-across – City was first to back paper : DELFT
27-across – Wicked bank’s terrible racket : UNHOLYROW
30-across – Detailed, informed arguments against current state : WISCONSIN
31-across – Death-dealing, gross mobster? : FATAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Low point is to make a cheeky gesture : MOON
2-down – Barking, Rome, Cuba, York initially : EBORACUM
3-down – About a half-hour is more than enough for this place : UTAH
4-down – Future turnover recovering from collapse? : COMINGTO
5-down – Be there when it’s all over, tense inside : ATTEND
6-down – Panties, or a pants split? : SEPARATION
7-down – A parrot has nothing on butterfly : APOLLO
8-down – Brace of salmon introduced on river : STAY
13-down – Went out with old hat : DATED
14-down – Check hacked PIN notices : INSPECTION
16-down – Ordinary, standard prison camp : OFLAG
19-down – Theft of rubbing outside church : FILCHING
21-down – Earlier conviction in US large town not leader’s main concern : PRIORITY
23-down – Trumpet band secures record backing : SPLASH
24-down – Prominent Republican all but crushes lives – that’s self-evident : TRUISM
26-down – Blue feathers : DOWN
28-down – In control, if temperatures pick up : LIFT
29-down – Get rid of a bad mood, say, pedestrian-style? : WALK
This crossword has in total 33 where 15 are across and 18 are down.