The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29875 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 29875 clues and answers were published on Thu 11 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29875 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossStill figure divided by three originally in document : STATUTE
5-acrossBoy on ward providing sheets and packs,say,for building : EDIFICE
10-acrossSee 7 Down : LINE
11-acrossDaughter,a thug in gang being a bully : DRAGOONING
12-acrossRussian dictator’s elected to push west – 25? : INSTAL
13-acrossQuote recalled about progress is vain : EGOISTIC
14-acrossLess spineless person required as old home secretary : BRAVERMAN
16-acrossFlower in rose originally held by pin,damaged : RIVER
17-acrossBowl initially – meaning bowl! : BASIN
19-acrossThing securing levering mechanism,catch for drawer : BARMAGNET
23-acrossHappen to see brilliant streaker on road in Marseille? : COMETRUE
24-acrossCatch second spoken language : COPTIC
26-acrossWhere vain dolls out to impress beefcake,ultimately? : LOVEISLAND
27-acrossSee 28 : TIME
28-acrossHundred behind eleven,usually? : CLOSING
29-acrossIn second,worry about that : AMONGST

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Solvent,though having lost a few pounds? : THINNER
3-down – See 16 Across : TRENT
4-down – Cat cut tail off freshwater shrimp : TIDDLER
6-down – Waste parties discussed? : DOODOO
7-down – Home,with some cord to cross – here? : FINISHING
8-down – 25 22,someone there doing well : CONFINE
9-down – A nut inside hole,bar missing one where missiles launched : CAPECANAVERAL
15-down – Innocent banking leader in office,disenfranchised : VOICELESS
18-down – Salamander often swallowing beef up and last of veal : AXOLOTL
20-down – Surface,a block on which coat applied : MACADAM
21-down – Reversible trap in identical puzzles : ENIGMAS
22-down – Can is in flat,not closed : PRISON
25-down – Autocrat,flipping idiot finished? : PUTIN

This crossword has in total 29 where 16 are across and 13 are down.

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