This crossword No. 29965 clues and answers were published on Fri 27 Mar 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29965 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Painstaking papers back essentially glib man : DILIGENT
9-across – Badenoch reveals strain – of iron? : OCHRE
10-across – Stable houses setter – was one lost? : MEWS
11-across – Regarding those unidentified,technology goes too far : OVERDOESIT
12-across – Savages live,pasts quietly forgotten : BEASTS
14-across – Video game reversed practice: that’s not right : MISUSAGE
16-across – Drugs cost : ESCORTS
18-across – Excuses politician embraced by alien in sex romp : EXEMPTS
21-across – Otherwise show one mercy in service : CEREMONY
23-across – Revelling used to put out : OUSTED
24-across – Football seen around half ten,with commentary for audience : SEVENASIDE
26-across – See 17 Down : BITS
27-across – Pool party after nude hen night not new : EIGHT
28-across – More graceful win; limper member abandoned : GAINLIER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Refs abused after boy band’s sporting feats : FIVEFERS
2-down – See 15 : TIES
3-down – A couple short of a dozen legs – and joints? : TENONS
4-down – Burns fumes about cigar’s end : STREAMS
5-down – See 22 : FOLD
6-down – <span>Special few a part of </span><i>ménages à trois</i><span>?</span> : THREESOMES
7-down – Scratching surface of dark side in barrel : KEYING
13-down – Here solstice worshipping teens go wild,gobbling bird : STONEHENGE
15-down – Golden age – at end of festivities? : SIX
17-down – These world leaders on Russian river? It’s … it’s worth little in America : TWO
19-down – Settlers erected timber frames : TRESTLES
20-down – Confused? Yes – call in dope dispenser : SYRINGE
22-down – England collapse over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over : ELEVEN
23-down – ‘Aussie’ : ONESIE
25-down – Affected Reform UK,say,with head removed : ARTY
26-down – See 27 Across : BALL
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.