The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29861 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29861 clues and answers were published on Tue 25 Nov 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29861 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossSingle fellow who’s qualified in Arts or Science? : BACHELOR
5-acrossGave instruction in rigid pronouncement : TAUGHT
9-acrossWritings on specific subjects soldier demolishing exam exploits : CORPUSES
10-acrossHighly trained person,not necessarily in medicine : DOCTOR
12-acrossLevel of tension that rises by degrees : TEMPERATURE
15-acrossNot advanced degree,as recorded : BASIC
17-acrossType that’s rejected Trinity coming to university in a train,oddly : UNITARIAN
18-acrossIts teams are a shade lighter than opponents : CAMBRIDGE
19-acrossPart of education that could be spent in the past : DUCAT
20-acrossInnocence as misrepresented in small-scale theory and research : NANOSCIENCE
24-acrossImmediately in agreement about first in Classics : ATONCE
25-acrossGraduate,note,below me in musical club performances : CABARETS
26-acrossPart of one’s old college,including second teacher : MASTER
27-acrossLearned university craft with editor after editor : EDUCATED

All Down Clues and Answers:


1-down – Like term after term without vacation? Sponsor closed fund : BACKTOBACK
2-down – Rooms arranged in cold institution for term of biology : CHROMOSOME
3-down – Ignoring the odds,best buddies study abroad : ETUDE
4-down – Excessively rich nut a brave don demolished : OVERABUNDANT
6-down – As assistant,inserting warning on course already mentioned : AFORESAID
7-down – Announced step to punish student : GATE
8-down – A quarter of Americans,say,stored in computer memory : TERM
11-down – Stiff paper,the passing of which facilitates working relationship : BUSINESSCARD
13-down – Recording what’s in syllabus – overlapping,hence irritation : DISCONTENT
14-down – Not subject to pressure,like bridge in 18 : UNSTRESSED
16-down – History professor finally working in funny cliche : CHRONICLE
21-down – Patriarch who,to his friends,explained the gravity of the situation? : ISAAC
22-down – Polite form of address reflected academic achievement : MAAM
23-down – Assumes they should be experts in their fields : DONS

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

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