This crossword No. 29744 clues and answers were published on Fri 11 Jul 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29744 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – Maybe like a microphone trick to smother insolence : CLIPON
6-across – Cut around soft spot : SPLASH
9-across – Keen officer hugging ace soldiers : LAMENT
10-across – Place where you’ll find people who are little and large – bad place for one to be in : LILLIPUT
11-across – ‘Moneymaker’ that may grow in the garden : MINT
12-across – I’m dire pest to be given spray? : SPIDERMITE
13-across – Fitting a number into sheltered accommodation to the east of a very quiet old city : APPURTENANT
18-across – Creep is dodgy when capturing photo? Don’t step too close to these! : PRECIPICES
21-across – Sound asleep,having abandoned party : ZING
22-across – Fellow introducing singer Bobby is a bigwig : MANDARIN
23-across – Correspondence from one in political organisation : PARITY
24-across – Reportedly top vehicle for winter conditions : SLEIGH
25-across – Uncultivated,like a Ted of yesteryear? : HEATHY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bypass – is speed limit finally reduced? : SIDESTEP
2-down – Pharmacist stocking drug gets stars : BOOTES
3-down – Rascal observed penning pages about gangster : SPALPEEN
4-down – Element of hospital meal,mostly very dry,eaten by tramp? : BARIUM
5-down – Brainboxes managed to penetrate spy agency : CRANIA
7-down – Troubles in hotel with relatives : HAUNTS
8-down – Silence poet conjured up in a time long ago : PLEISTOCENE
14-down – Act of sports official – superior male with holy anger : UMPIRAGE
15-down – Religious type with extreme characters in an uplifting ceremony : NAZARITE
16-down – Old coins found in grain : GROATS
17-down – Snobbish as pig away from home apparently! : SNOTTY
19-down – Club characters regularly coming in could get on well together : CUDGEL
20-down – The old man’s upset,a soldier : SAPPER
This crossword has in total 26 where 13 are across and 13 are down.