This crossword No. 29931 clues and answers were published on Mon 16 Feb 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29931 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Liable to involuntary laughter in such a tricky situation : TICKLISH
5-across – I say purchase pasta,for example,that goes in kitchen cupboard : BICARB
9-across – One called up to study one’s lines : CONSCRIPT
11-across – Criticise minor injury in time at the crease : KNOCK
12-across – Possibly made radioactive,so no admittance,unfortunately : CONTAMINATED
15-across – Food for Nancy that may stick in the throat : FROG
16-across – Emphasise how one’s counted as a teenager? : UNDERSCORE
18-across – Irish saint almost laid out,harbouring unfatherly thoughts? : PATRICIDAL
19-across – Avoid attention : SHUN
21-across – Lack of guile in what may be shown on the screen : TRANSPARENCY
24-across – Italian team doesn’t take the lead in some three months : INTER
25-across – From abroad obtain more unusual diet : EXTRADITE
26-across – Irritating person after wander about has to race away : GADFLY
27-across – <i>Pilgrim’s Progress</i><span> for example involves travel right through narrow lane</span> : ALLEGORY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Friar stabbed,not the first : TUCK
2-down – Calorie associated with single ice-cream : CONE
3-down – Reader in church sounds like Hannibal? : LECTOR
4-down – Emitting gasp,I staggered to see my double : SPITTINGIMAGE
6-down – Gathering family I head for black state : INKINESS
7-down – Mark address wrong too,perhaps : APOSTROPHE
8-down – Something on toast for hotheads? : BAKEDBEANS
10-down – Moody secretary taking age without using any paper : TEMPERAMENTAL
13-down – Disconcerting,to be away on the golf course? : OFFPUTTING
14-down – Signed up,but got less : CONTRACTED
17-down – Singer in large church lifting one hand,then the other : MINSTREL
20-down – Bad scare about parking: a scuff : SCRAPE
22-down – Cover over swimming pool : LIDO
23-down – Married over a year,so eyed as naive : DEWY
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.