This crossword No. 29874 clues and answers were published on Wed 10 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29874 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Baboon juvenile male breaks a great deal of equipment : GELADA
4-across – Mark learned about limiting inane gaming : DAGGER
9-across – Abandoning front,dash in retreat : LAIR
10-across – Washing articles abroad in middle of night : LAUNDERING
11-across – Gust around summit almost causes delay : PUTOFF
12-across – Raised extravagantly,bored by house in British colony once : RHODESIA
13-across – Disheartened indifferent US soldier with a nervous disorder : NEURALGIA
15-across – Square opening,partly round : NINE
16-across – Help to keep Rudolph’s nose dry : ARID
17-across – University somehow gained odd bits of land without any agreement? : UNALIGNED
21-across – Bard finally enters piece to improve Kipling poem : GUNGADIN
22-across – Sorting out gear – it’s daft : TRIAGE
24-across – Dishonest foreign wife with depression about guilt,off and on : FRAUDULENT
25-across – Minister eschewing care of college fellow : DEAN
26-across – Programme objective penned by Eastern commander : AGENDA
27-across – Again deposited half of reference papers : RELAID
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Fine particle in sample lunar geologists picked up : GRANULE
2-down – Mostly generous old Bond villain : LARGO
3-down – Blue duo fell out : DOLEFUL
5-down – Certainly,‘name’ boards first-class Arab sailing vessel : ANDHOW
6-down – Age-old British pastime is good,getting tougher without husband : GARDENING
7-down – Scottish crime novelist joins European physicist : RANKINE
8-down – Vigilante huntress stops violent gang rule : GUARDIANANGEL
14-down – Repeatedly aiming at the sides,urine damaged volume-measuring apparatus : RAINGAUGE
16-down – Tanks in a former Arabic union checked by,at the very least,Qatar,Iraq and Afghanistan : AQUARIA
18-down – Title changed on cover of boogie-woogie song : LETITBE
19-down – Edgbaston extremely happy to host new national team : ENGLAND
20-down – One of two kings died charging English hill,not getting over : EDMUND
23-down – Country where diva hosts Victor? : INDIA
This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.