This crossword No. 29777 clues and answers were published on Tue 19 Aug 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29777 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Frightfully rich rhapsodist and musician : HARPSICHORDIST
8-across – Espionage and assassination in Japan partly his job : NINJA
9-across – Line that could have solved the issue in 1 down : BAKERLOO
11-across – They say Philistine puts on glasses or contact lenses : EYEWEAR
12-across – As a localised disease regularly seen by trained medic : ENDEMIC
13-across – Deport next spy cell,essentially : EXPEL
15-across – Fertiliser covered by offensive will : TESTAMENT
17-across – Difficult age is following obsessive medicine : ANALGESIA
20-across – Badger inconsiderately : RATEL
21-across – Not at home,predator returns for discharge : OUTFLOW
23-across – Listener gets advert for wax,perhaps : EARPLUG
25-across – Function with therapy in a cushy job : SINECURE
26-across – Bond type sarcastic? That’s not right : IONIC
27-across – What covers the 1st and 2nd of 10 as judgment day? : ESCHATOLOGICAL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Stated reason for sacking a baker? The man had to go! : HENEEDEDAPOO
2-down – Corrupt insider without papers becoming clean : RINSE
3-down – Take action and say nothing on potential leakage : SHAKEALEG
4-down – Rubbish etc about a tavern,place with live music : CABARET
5-down – Most of New York’s scattered islands not called this by their inhabitants : ORKNEYS
6-down – Challenged father to hold radioactive shell : DARED
7-down – Among saints,Rome somehow admitted one that’s least clement : STORMIEST
10-down – A Scot awkwardly making sense of the joke in 1 down? : SCATOLOGICAL
14-down – Design isn’t a different version of bananas : PLANTAINS
16-down – Broadcasting about sauté as cooking style : AIRFRYING
18-down – Result of carpentry that’s a feature of some pubs : SAWDUST
19-down – We shall mature first,as fine wine will do : AGEWELL
22-down – Scrounger and cad heading north having stolen cash to begin with : LEECH
24-down – Fell in action protecting what speeds up particles : LINAC
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.