This crossword No. 29870 clues and answers were published on Fri 05 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29870 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – Increase each client’s capital : UPPERCASE
10-across – Odd airline’s dance : RUMBA
11-across – What Musashi Miyamoto eats? : SASHIMI
12-across – Suffer in German and therefore in Latin : UNDERGO
13-across – Reeves’ assistant,say,screwed up idea : AIDE
14-across – Cheats with every second bullet boring outraged readers : ADULTERERS
16-across – Publish in haste,lacking wherewithal to make papyrus : RUSHOUT
17-across – Commonwealth partner opposed to fruit being cut short twice : ANTIGUA
19-across – Modest fare returned to pub – followed by a spasm : UNEMPHATIC
22-across – Nothing emptied restaurant like an old club chairman in a blazer? : FART
24-across – Poetry in motion has new disorder : ENTROPY
25-across – Pepper setter,protected by horse : PIMENTO
26-across – Such as Shere Khan heard here? : TAIGA
27-across – Paid off bill,including cut for joint : AMORTISED
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Aristotle unsure about game best unplayed : RUSSIANROULETTE
2-down – Turns sanctimonious bugger in backward glance : EPISODES
3-down – One slips during trial of lag : TRAIL
4-down – Illegally issued amidst a revolution involving untold number : SAMIZDAT
5-down – Making lax use of it : SEXUAL
6-down – Those with degrees dine out,inspired by good wishes : GRADIENTS
7-down – Become apparent in last of coffee blend : EMERGE
8-down – Signal most recent conversation – pronouncement while playing 1? : FAMOUSLASTWORDS
15-down – Source of pressure for Putin running amok includes wild romp before start of talks : KOMPROMAT
17-down – Kremlin-style : AGITPROP
18-down – Such transparency is not made with glass : GLASNOST
20-down – Require leads to end now; the act is looming : ENTAIL
21-down – Still a road to – or from – the Big Apple : ANYWAY
23-down – ‘I could be a toolmaker’ – Starmer’s first lie on the radio : SMITH
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.