This crossword No. 29776 clues and answers were published on Mon 18 Aug 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29776 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Comical descent of creatures that fly around house : BATHOS
5-across – Defiant,having capsized off England’s south coast? : INSOLENT
9-across – People who fall for footwear : SLIPPERS
10-across – Beggar can expose housing secret : ARCANE
11-across – Carrot and thyme salad with round fruit? : CHERRYTOMATO
13-across – Part of blind alley,perhaps,outside city : SLAT
14-across – ‘Funny business’ as sad colleagues of sacked police commissioner are heard to say? : MISCHIEF
17-across – Way one’s stricken with primarily genetic cause of disease : PATHOGEN
18-across – Bananas turning bowl over : NUTS
20-across – As usual,ice cracks and splits vessel – not a tragedy : JULIUSCAESAR
23-across – <span>Passage from </span><i>A Meeting Place</i> : AVENUE
24-across – Engrave council official’s initials on mountain top device : INTERCOM
25-across – Famous person’s not finished wearing kid’s jewellery : BRACELET
26-across – Sea-monster,Komodo dragon outwardly,swallowing playboy : KRAKEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Cross borne by bitter Rod? : AXLE
3-down – Child’s play,so bound to be on the booze : HOPSCOTCH
4-down – Spike senior snatching week off : SKEWER
5-down – Player’s agent having celebrity status : INSTRUMENTALIST
6-down – Pain getting dimwit to be a wiseacre : SMARTASS
7-down – Almost mad Greek character stood up for deputy : LOCUM
8-down – Clubhouse extension of course? : NINETEENTH
12-down – Everyone needs a means of holding flights when quite trembly : ALLAQUIVER
15-down – Voluntary fees from ‘Little Darling’ : HONORARIA
16-down – Say Green Sapphire tops Fire and Brimstone as a paint option : EGGSHELL
19-down – Two jobs and one’s left both – dearie,dearie me! : TSKTSK
21-down – In desperation I curse like the Greeks of old : IONIC
22-down – See 8 : HOLE
This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.