This crossword No. 29878 clues and answers were published on Mon 15 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29878 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – They share a parent: could this be hers? : HALFBROTHERS
8-across – Bird from Tower starts to navigate across Italian city : RAVENNA
9-across – A youth died during pantomime : ALADDIN
11-across – Antelope,second one caught in short pursuit : CHAMOIS
12-across – His team suffering lack of belief : ATHEISM
13-across – Sharp point ripped across end of cloth : THORN
14-across – Antenatal exercises for doomed islander : ATLANTEAN
16-across – Hurried departure vital for one often depressed on board : ESCAPEKEY
19-across – Resin is firm,partly also liquid at first : COPAL
21-across – Scuttle round car to see one of our family : HOMINID
23-across – Serious listener: where to find songbird? : EARNEST
24-across – Bob or Ian’s brightly-coloured fabric : PAISLEY
25-across – When this goes in there is nothing left over : DIVISOR
26-across – Where to practise swinging,a worry perhaps in an EV : DRIVINGRANGE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Take one’s turn to tackle robber : HAVEAGO
2-down – President Green is in the city : LINCOLN
3-down – Some coffee and chat in the plant : BEANSTALK
4-down – Map makers also named oriental city : OSAKA
5-down – To warm up chicken is barbarian : HEATHEN
6-down – One not to be crossed declaimed out loud a bit of verse : REDLINE
7-down – Watch her pick nuts and demand more effort : CRACKTHEWHIP
10-down – Terminology unclear to men needing translation : NOMENCLATURE
15-down – Service provider reclined with textbook : LAYREADER
17-down – More relaxing,shifting from ice : COMFIER
18-down – Severely criticises ladies perhaps,including many East Europeans : PANSLAV
19-down – Two vehicles boxing in a trailer : CARAVAN
20-down – Cupboard that is a gift : PRESSIE
22-down – Senior figure to make money abroad : DOYEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.