The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29616 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29616 clues and answers were published on Wed 12 Feb 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29616 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


4-acrossPale-skinned king, Danish : PASTRY
6-acrossOverly suspicious Canadian 19 given a tuneless song, repelled : PARANOID
9-acrossMean as a British 21 19? : STINGY
10-acrossMale and female American 19s in the shade? : ROSEPINK
11-acrossSpare male and female American 19s? : PRINCEHARRY
15-acrossLive tours classy for D.Ross? : RESIDUE
17-acrossNeutral vote you recorded in a mark of approval : ASEXUAL
18-acrossMould is on plant as standard feature? : LIONPASSANT
22-acrossFaculty, place with character by the sound of it? : EYESIGHT
23-acrossGandhi country: that’s about right : INDIRA
24-acrossBirds winged, so flying : WIDGEONS
25-acrossBritish female 21 19, male if it weren’t for the tail! : LENNOX

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Eccentricity about tease, wretched : TRAGIC
2-down – Party after party in place of hard work : LABOURCAMP
3-down – Novel with loveless donkey in winter? : JANEEYRE
4-down – Key left after move : PASSPORT
5-down – Slight adjustment of ties, most obsequious : SLIMIEST
7-down – Old writer in old film : OVID
8-down – Wellington with or without 21? : DUKE
12-down – Another hip novel for priest reading mysteries : HIEROPHANT
13-down – Proportion carried by horse all the time : DURATION
14-down – Brew guzzled by Paul after messing up times tables : PLATEAUX
16-down – I’m coming in sore after first of defeats – might I have been hammered? : DULCIMER
19-down – See 21 : SINGER
20-down – Rolled over, suffering mog’s initial cry : MEOW
21-down – Fish, say, sardine with leg after mutation? : LEAD

This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.

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