This crossword No. 29716 clues and answers were published on Mon 09 Jun 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29716 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Seabirds and golfer harassed former WI captain : GARFIELDSOBERS
8-across – Should mean the end of most of the dry season : OUGHT
9-across – Man-eater with writer in cut : CANNIBAL
11-across – Kitchen unfinished on 1588 vessel : GALLEON
12-across – Cut short a game with partners from all quarters : ABRIDGE
13-across – Oil hostilities cut short by mufti’s decree : FATWA
15-across – Chess move,by the way : ENPASSANT
17-across – Contrite traveller coming in,dropping a bit of rubbish : REPENTANT
20-across – Scrap of shelter after half-time : MELEE
21-across – Broke right away,left high and dry : BEACHED
23-across – Short debut in top league : PREMIER
25-across – Metal pot cooked state tree : PALMETTO
26-across – Children: a bone of contention : ISSUE
27-across – Fruit from Romanian garden : MANDARINORANGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – <span>Prince with class next to </span><i>Lamp-post </i><span>singer</span> : GEORGEFORMBY
2-down – Drink up at the King’s : REGAL
3-down – Sailing Spanish waters,generally : INTHEMAIN
4-down – Freedom that’s tolerated – or excess : LICENCE
5-down – Tanner wastes Palm Sunday taking 24 hours off : SUNLAMP
6-down – Pipe valley running through Britain : BRIAR
7-down – Author making way round lake with boy turning up holding hands,at first : ROALDDAHL
10-down – It doesn’t come as much of a blow : GENTLEBREEZE
14-down – Best of the bunch? : TOPBANANA
16-down – He may recommend Veuve Cliquot at river to one in ambush? : SOMMELIER
18-down – Accountant with car on hilltop : AUDITOR
19-down – Whirlwind Frank? : TYPHOON
22-down – Damp smell I detect at first : HUMID
24-down – Dramatist featured in Swinburne’s biography,on reflection : IBSEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.