The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29796 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29796 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Sep 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29796 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


9-acrossRecord on prowler after probing thus has army finally dropping investigation? : SCATOLOGY
10-acrossMoney one might charge : RHINO
11-acrossCruel sea rolling back in drift : MEANDER
12-acrossTool within Shaw novel? : HANDSAW
13-acrossFirst of all one’s blasted,or else one’s blown : OBOE
14-acrossHymn I’m fanatic about,good parts : MAGNIFICAT
15-acrossEmotional time before reprimand : TEARFUL
17-acrossYards away from cypress,and poplar removed from popular new trees : SPRUCES
19-acrossPillock,new money ultimately spent before business done? : NINCOMPOOP
22-acrossCorridor linking capitals of Switzerland and Austria? : STOA
23-acrossSee 4 Down : THELINE
24-acrossTempted to have hospital department decorated : ENTICED
26-acrossDark – otherwise with second opening? : UNLIT
27-acrossArmed criminal in twist has become comic book hero : SPIDERMAN

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – See 4 : ISIMPORTANTTOUS
2-down – Romeo,as captured by sculptor : CASANOVA
3-down – See 4 : HOLD
4-down – Awful pity a lout and misanthrope couldn’t care less when customer initially cut off – ‘Hello? I … ’ : YOURCALL
5-down – Passing round pub,predator has cut a dash : HYPHEN
6-down – Move,on wind coming up round both poles : TRANSFER
7-down – Head on couch after shows,a bit of a breather? : AIRSAC
8-down – All the same,only if all sit? : NOTWITHSTANDING
16-down – Sellers of bunches,fifty however in bunch of five items? : FLORISTS
17-down – Nothing’s broken as in rebuilt country : SLOVENIA
18-down – Where a corpse originally buried in a crypt beneath surface of chamber? : CATACOMB
20-down – Hand,or spleen? : NEEDLE
21-down – See 4 : PLEASE
25-down – River kid mentioned? : TEES

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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