This crossword No. 29774 clues and answers were published on Fri 15 Aug 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29774 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Keep hoping undraped women at the end smile mischievously : NILDESPERANDUM
9-across – Getting back in time,keep at it inside : TITFORTAT
10-across – One purple heart taken affecting pelvic area : ILIAC
11-across – Watching what vandal’s doing to car which won’t start : EYING
12-across – Go for a working dinner,only the second offering meat : PEPPERONI
13-across – Begging Iran and Togo to settle : ROGATION
14-across – Clergyman heard shot at table : CANNON
17-across – Done so badly,it’s lumpy : NODOSE
19-across – Not all right,scenery in one part of England : SOMERSET
22-across – Pick up contents of nappy by river! To what purpose? : APPREHEND
24-across – One son in clear – it’s not the full picture : INSET
25-across – Bashir’s odds slashed? Mental! : INNER
26-across – An elite fighter shortly entering very small country : SANMARINO
27-across – Idle,so I applied to perform with those I might come across : LOLLIPOPLADIES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Negotiate in war shamefully showing disrespect? : NOTWEARINGATIE
2-down – What am I doing,increase in size permitting? : LETTING
3-down – Increases confusion involving the very rich : ELONGATES
4-down – Mate with sweetheart in bar – it’s been arranged beforehand : PUTUPJOB
5-down – Again put down Romeo’s iconic car : RETYPE
6-down – Balls left by top seed – and racket : NOISE
7-down – Horny individual in college with my name : UNICORN
8-down – One visiting London’s North,South,East and West : ACTIONSTATIONS
15-down – Culture represented by apple pie,baseball,roots music and er- a maniac maybe? : AMERICANA
16-down – Criticises GP over accepting 50 and change in conditions : COLDSNAP
18-down – Selectively read point I’d made : DIPINTO
20-down – Is being sent back – like that bloke maintained it’s not cooked : SASHIMI
21-down – Make a mistake transitioning and come clean : FESSUP
23-down – Councillor never showing up to register : ENROL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.