This crossword No. 29693 clues and answers were published on Tue 13 May 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29693 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Reportedly purchase farming tool for a penny farthing? : BICYCLE
5-across – Steady earner from clubs beginning to collaborate in adult entertainment : CASHCOW
9-across – English involved in slight about Aussie football : RULES
10-across – Force once made rough bombs : HOMEGUARD
11-across – Top hack’s office tried so desperately to get joint : EDITORSHIP
12-across – Only real mugs should survive its scrutiny : FACE
14-across – See 12 : RECOGNITION
18-across – Perhaps cyborg’s faulty power unit discharged at random : PORTMANTEAU
21-across – See 18 : WORD
22-across – Having a change of heart,female sheep chasing castrated ram around area shows alert gaze : WEATHEREYE
25-across – Longing for what was left in Santiago,unfortunately : NOSTALGIA
26-across – Fling means of protection,sacrificing first rook : AMOUR
27-across – Posy heads evenly covered in mist : SPRAYED
28-across – Boy cycling in bay maybe finds lever : TREADLE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stock gatherer seen around Suffolk,for one : BORDER
2-down – See 1 : COLLIE
3-down – Revamped Commodores launch site in Russia : COSMODROME
4-down – Distinctive character conveyed by Internet host : ETHOS
5-down – Mix with Marxist holding no good line : COMMINGLE
6-down – Company for older folk horrified,mainly over losing hospital : SAGA
7-down – Flat baked objects Dave’s mate put across majority of terrace : CHAPATIS
8-down – Ducks,say – 50% died in winter going north : WIDGEONS
13-down – Rivet up broken corroded pan : VITUPERATE
15-down – Prisoner,curt church officer and daughter came together : CONVERGED
16-down – Pressure in America superficially harms economic recoveries : UPSWINGS
17-down – Fire safety measure identified in formal part of flight : DRYRISER
19-down – Category of disastrous result in eg MSc or PhD : SECOND
20-down – See 19 : DEGREE
23-down – Diplomacy surrounding Republican’s religious pamphlet : TRACT
24-down – Pamper bishop wearing laurel : BABY
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.