This crossword No. 29889 clues and answers were published on Mon 29 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29889 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Setter recovered from the ‘hood : STREET
4-across – Ranks include first of garrison’s fighters : TIGERS
9-across – After what’s taken by Wags,that woman’s right about author : MICK
10-across – Unsettle spirit and fifth columnist : SPOOK
11-across – LS Lowry’s detail is obtuse : SLOW
12-across – Nags if out of drugs : HORSES
13-across – Jointly attempt to reverse effort to create nation-state? : COUNTRY
15-across – Lay ripped to pieces: ready to be sent back : REPLYPAID
17-across – Late Democrat after US leader of the War on Drugs : DEAD
18-across – Weapons! – a Republican manuscript : ARMS
19-across – Writer of rag denied misbehaving : ANDREGIDE
23-across – Spy readies boy to go on the run – one way to get out : JACKSON
24-across – See 9 : HERRON
27-across – Bona fide leader,the Sea Admiral at last : REAL
28-across – Djokovic’s end leads tennis authority to a lesser star : DELTA
29-across – See 23 : LAMB
30-across – King is in groin’s first waxing : RISING
31-across – Weird kid – but worth a flutter? : ODDSON
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Omit 26,it’s used on piste : SKIPOLE
2-down – Debauchees: artist keeps no records : RAKES
3-down – Reduces intensity of cores of cheapo assets; consults quietly : EASESUP
5-down – Pyongyang’s domain slammed into surrounding well : INKPOT
6-down – US actor beheaded uncertain physicist : EISENBERG
7-down – Excitedly sourced,having hunted high and low : SCOURED
8-down – Coffee,Mr Biden? : JOE
14-down – 51 on second team : LIONS
16-down – Cooking – mine kills – in ovens : LIMEKILNS
18-down – Dilettante – in the buff? : AMATEUR
20-down – Struggling harder – having taken pill,tried again : REHEARD
21-down – One who determines entry in party or 8 : DOORMAN
22-down – City where bird entertains new date : LONDON
25-down – Is in charge of the French after ribbing upset leaders : RULES
26-down – Spanish show of approval for Hackney slum? : OLE
This crossword has in total 33 where 18 are across and 15 are down.