The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29645 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29645 clues and answers were published on Tue 18 Mar 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29645 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossStripped of crown, old King put back in King’s birthplace : TUPELO
4-acrossWomen covering courts to show sports logos : SWOOSHES
9-acrossHorny beast seen in much of Auld Sod : ELAND
10-acrossProposes factions come before Yank’s holiday in report : SETSFORTH
11-acrossPositive on location of closing parenthesis? : ABOVEZERO
12-acrossIt arrives after November and it’s 13½ inches tall : OSCAR
13-acrossWorry former partner with messy separation : EXASPERATION
17-acrossInterest expressed by two sailors at sea, shelled fare : STEAKTARTARE
20-acrossCoolidge escapes catastrophe for peace : AMITY
21-acrossPenny, a migrant, healed bird : PTARMIGAN
23-acrossSeek treasure perhaps in small island, shady place : SCUBADIVE
24-acrossSection of Villanova, home to vaqueros : LLANO
25-acrossChewing on something hard: golf ball? : TEETHING
26-acrossGame canine evacuated, cutting cheese : BRIDGE

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Green tea brewed for Joan of Arc when executed? : TEENAGER
2-down – Where Rick played softly, bit of solid gold : PIANOBAR
3-down – Removing cap, splash in mud where Oddfellows gather : LODGE
5-down – Forgoing competition, saving time, leaving no evidence : WITHOUTATRACE
6-down – Blue, rotten apricot or salmon? : OFFCOLOUR
7-down – Odist’s dance at church : HORACE
8-down – Cleo’s killer beheaded on this spot in field : SPHERE
10-down – Fixing craps game, I’m an employer of dirty tricks : SMEARCAMPAIGN
14-down – Not much money for pair of singers : PETTYCASH
15-down – Underworld hack rejected secretive body part : GANGLAND
16-down – Figuratively, Olive Oyl, head Bialystok resident? : BEANPOLE
18-down – Operatic villain, maybe little green man, one with big ears : BASSET
19-down – Doctor issued cause of atrophy : DISUSE
22-down – Athlete coming from rear in preliminaries : MILER

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

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