This crossword No. 29761 clues and answers were published on Thu 31 Jul 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29761 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Root cause to lose heart: crumbly eclair : CELERIAC
9-across – Associate of monastery is not quite spherical : OBLATE
10-across – Almost entirely set free : QUIT
11-across – Leader of choir admits Baker,a sweary person : COVENANTOR
12-across – Thrill of subtle colour across lake : TINGLE
14-across – One tin and initially three beer bottles in Spanish resort : ALICANTE
15-across – Give a hard look round very fast : STARVE
17-across – Mastered Latin to gain respect at last : LEARNT
20-across – In middle of long play perhaps catheter failed : ACTTHREE
22-across – Speaking Italian today in the arcade : LOGGIA
23-across – Incest took place in such a room? : TWINBEDDED
24-across – Buzzer has become loud? : WASP
25-across – Inability to recognise pitch in strip oddly missing close by : TINEAR
26-across – Richard Of York … for one was a jogger : MNEMONIC
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – English vehicle,one with another about to block this,the height of danger in Italy : VESUVIUS
2-down – Allowed to involve son in case : LEST
3-down – <i>The Fellowship of the Ring</i> : CIRCLE
4-down – Unhappy expressions of dejection said to reduce business : DOWNSIZE
5-down – Briefly village’s terrible rainfall drowning paying guest : LLANFAIRPG
6-down – Oust team’s wingers for new formation: that’s the limit! : UTMOST
8-down – Roughly check about a reservation : CAVEAT
13-down – Custodian,energetic type,hiding key on purpose : GOALTENDER
16-down – Green supporter pens joke,ultimately one of several in column : VERTEBRA
18-down – Racist is doddery,of an age with the dinosaurs : TRIASSIC
19-down – Beautiful-sounding woman and mother? A malicious old one : BELDAM
21-down – Owner of shell company with no time to be author : COWRIE
22-down – Left snake for its opposite : LADDER
24-down – Global medical body comes to a halt : WHOA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.