This crossword No. 29952 clues and answers were published on Thu 12 Mar 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29952 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – That’s all on Feds busting politician : ENDOFSTORY
6-across – Swinging both ways in the guise of intolerance : BIAS
9-across – Seriously funny minute where head blown off in which Groucho’s prop backfires? : TRAGICOMIC
10-across – Equerry’s rump plastered in red sauce : MAYO
12-across – Fly,say,in starter of soup etc,dining we found funny? : WINGEDINSECT
15-across – Pompous,more than is usual at an airport,did you say? : HIFALUTIN
17-across – Hitch where consumption disturbed by whiff : THUMB
18-across – III wrong? Alternatively,I or II divided by the number : ETHER
19-across – Colour in image on rock for sign : PREDICTOR
20-across – Some Sandinista,get role in a dictatorship after revolution – would I? : DANIELORTEGA
24-across – Member of the orchestra I understand,violin player picked up? : OBOE
25-across – Queasy one,relative gulping oxygen is in a state : ILLINOISAN
26-across – Spot channel on the radio? : MOTE
27-across – Victorian author set to field question left after fumbles overheard? : MRSGASKELL
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Food waste at several stores : EATS
2-down – Flat flatfish: that’s about right : DRAB
3-down – Delicate creatures tomorrow and for another week,according to one’s horoscope? : FRITILLARIES
4-down – 17 21 brief,17 21 to 21? : THONG
5-down – People staying at home,and stumbling,hopeful steps taken before a fall? : RAINDANCE
7-down – Short,and a quite misshapen nose,ultimately : INADEQUATE
8-down – Unctuous windbag,potential killer? : SMOOTHBORE
11-down – Show agony and sign the forms : ANYTHINGGOES
13-down – Heart palpitating over wife in bedroom,tickler of infant’s bottom? : THREADWORM
14-down – Back stabbed by company in African country – warmer in Asia? : AFGHANCOAT
16-down – A packet with something sticky,work on sweetie that’s wrapped up : TOPDOLLAR
21-down – Aversion to heights is never good where always at the summit? : THING
22-down – Sky,might you have said? Oddly it’s blue! : ISLE
23-down – Particular Turner turned up? : ANAL
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.