This crossword No. 29622 clues and answers were published on Wed 19 Feb 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29622 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Less able to observe an outstanding performance : BLINDER
5-across – Criticize the drink in French, causing stir : SLAMMER
9-across – A threesome that would control your life? : FATES
10-across – Moderate version of Delft soap : SOFTPEDAL
11-across – Isolation ruins Italy’s cooking : INSULARITY
12-across – Western power accepts one’s a weak type : WIMP
14-across – Deacon’s lot is somehow sad : DISCONSOLATE
18-across – Intimidation of Chief of Staff by Prudence on manoeuvres : SCARETACTICS
21-across – See 23 Down : ARTS
22-across – Unstable, so disillusioned with Equity : OFFBALANCE
25-across – Biblical wife breaking the Sabbath? Not at first : BATHSHEBA
26-across – Mature mount : GETON
27-across – Narrow arachnid squeezes into cap : LIMITED
28-across – Where there might be a range of gear, hence endless changes : KITCHEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Research expert Dicky gets stuck into container : BOFFIN
2-down – One question on tax that shows how smart you are? : IQTEST
3-down – Denial of miracle is revised after departure : DISCLAIMER
4-down – One emerging from the sack found on the stair : RISER
5-down – Splayed feet – nasty, but a tightrope walker’s requirement? : SAFETYNET
6-down – Peaks since holding record : ALPS
7-down – Song from Ratty, Kit and half a countertenor : MADRIGAL
8-down – Slipped back : RELAPSED
13-down – Handy illumination if right cloth is spread : TORCHLIGHT
15-down – Michael Caine’s part in raw fuel source : COALFIELD
16-down – ‘City Lives’ by Brown & Bigness : ISTANBUL
17-down – Information? Ring corporation’s multitasking employee : FACTOTUM
19-down – Kidnap head of state? Certainly : SNATCH
20-down – News during Christmas about former famous group member : LENNON
23-down – Bad spelling etc creates shortage in London hospital : BLACK
24-down – A word in your ear: not all chaps stink! : PSST
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.