The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29831 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29831 clues and answers were published on Tue 21 Oct 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29831 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossOne offering unwanted advice to support troubled advertiser : BACKSEATDRIVER
8-acrossMathematician’s principle,first to last attached to basis of logarithms : EULER
9-acrossDate energy stabilised : GOSTEADY
11-acrossBeing caught probing religious ascetic : ESSENCE
12-acrossProgram linked to a reduced kind of plants : BOTANIC
13-acrossShort comic piece brother’s written capturing Queen : SQUIB
15-acrossPlayers in soccer game forming line on another pitch? : TWENTYTWO
17-acrossKeen frost wrecked fasteners : REEFKNOTS
20-acrossUS farm subdivision not opening for business : RANCH
21-acrossPerforming for men in unit : ONSTAGE
23-acrossLook at sites,backing corporation’s slice : FRUSTUM
25-acrossSpring not entirely long? There’s an extra day in it : LEAPYEAR
26-acrossKrypton,oxygen,neon and tin from Scandinavia : KRONE
27-acrossTwice note collapses in funds for Durham town : STOCKTONONTEES

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – A night at the pub may give you it when you want it : BREWERSDROOP
2-down – Drinks cold water on leaving bar upset : COLAS
3-down – Release volume dismissing an old rugby player : SPRINGBOK
4-down – After a month,satisfied to receive new increase : AUGMENT
5-down – Stop papers reversing demand about book : DISABLE
6-down – Still no start of better time : INERT
7-down – Scientist’s wife abandoning marriage fashion : EDDINGTON
10-down – Unexpectedly chose to inhale pot – resounding effects in these places : ECHOCHAMBERS
14-down – A Parisienne and American together,mostly sleeping? Extremely disquieting : UNEASIEST
16-down – Extravagant dish largely avoided during occasion : TURDUCKEN
18-down – Finished early race,skipping second part of Cheddar Gorge : OVEREAT
19-down – Colourful parts of plant,small and mainly slight : SAFFRON
22-down – Jelly son consumed in a shot : ASPIC
24-down – Figure of speech elevated by English Left : TROPE

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

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