This crossword No. 29801 clues and answers were published on Tue 16 Sep 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29801 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – 1970s clothing not very good on idiot : LOONPANTS
10-across – Coral island where first twelve characters left : ATOLL
11-across – Wild stunt by footballer taking out centre : FRANTIC
12-across – Terminations from Iago and avengement,what do we have here then? : OTHELLO
13-across – See 22 : ROOM
14-across – Charitable fund-raiser perhaps having bagged £0,mountain to climb at first : BENEVOLENT
15-across – Banks after bullion in French city : ORLEANS
17-across – Company entertained by short film from Hitchcock,pioneer of broadcasting : MARCONI
19-across – Grouse beater’s work done then? Got you! : THEGAMESUP
22-across – ‘Latest’ read by anchors reviewed – here? : NEWS
23-across – Describe Scottish island to the west,only outsiders on there : NARRATE
24-across – Undo chain? I can having escaped after wriggling,as escapologist : HOUDINI
26-across – Somewhat horny,a large antelope : NYALA
27-across – Washerwoman’s Sunset Strip strip? : LAUNDRESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – No lady really keeping warm while cold down there? : ALLFURCOATANDNO
2-down – Aunt’s loo rebuilt for population of ghost town? : NOTASOUL
3-down – Jam stain : SPOT
4-down – See 1 : KNICKERS
5-down – A positive picked up on the beach? : ASHORE
6-down – Do that and don’t talk dirty! : WASHYOUR
7-down – Rank,porky dog : COLLIE
8-down – Most gory Horrible Histories told,and brilliant after disembowelment : BLOODTHIRSTIEST
16-down – South vanishing from US state,country sawn in half – as if by magic! : ALAKAZAM
17-down – See 6 : MOUTHOUT
18-down – Row in divorce city blowing up – funny : ONELINER
20-down – Aware about mark suggesting slip,something unpleasant found in canal? : EARWAX
21-down – Flush lavatory,emptying beneath plane : EVENLY
25-down – Tongue inside your dungarees : URDU
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.