This crossword No. 29957 clues and answers were published on Wed 18 Mar 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29957 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Halve our shuttle service : OVERHAUL
9-across – Appropriate names acquired by a partner in the past : ANNEX
10-across – Having no end to continental shelf is an advantage : EDGE
11-across – Side with health arrangement for capsule protection? : HEATSHIELD
12-across – Accepted company is failing : INFIRM
14-across – Bent aide put off protecting territorial head : APTITUDE
16-across – Get through Don’s confiscated article : WEATHER
18-across – Dishevelled,drunk,empty? Dry out! : UNKEMPT
21-across – Musical stagehand’s lock retainer : HAIRGRIP
23-across – Power failure abroad goes on a long time : OUTAGE
24-across – Diagram maker matches its bends : SCHEMATIST
26-across – Lawyer – southern kind : SILK
27-across – Forced to dispose of top cut : RIVEN
28-across – Husband: stuffy,with nothing up top : HAIRLESS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – King’s is turned by informer : EVIDENCE
2-down – With which to get into a house,say on the house? : FREE
3-down – Sound at heart if at home : FATHOM
4-down – Scruffy type’s flab spread with age : FLEABAG
5-down – See 2 : PASS
6-down – Medic in ground with TNT charge : INDICTMENT
7-down – Food shop with cross on top of entrance,elevated and barred : EXILED
13-down – Engrave ‘swell’ over end of the combine? : INTERWEAVE
15-down – What can cause a failure to appreciate music? An organ can at first : TIN
17-down – See 15 : EAR
19-down – Is lip/gum hurt by this activity? : PUGILISM
20-down – Piano makes you elated – just : UPRIGHT
22-down – Agreement to link air conditioning with cable : ACCORD
23-down – Get boat moving with current : OBTAIN
25-down – To collapse after fellow’s gone is not common : AINT
26-down – Fish is brought up by line at depth : SILD
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.