This crossword No. 29969 clues and answers were published on Wed 01 Apr 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29969 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
8-across – Leave pitch for final battle : SHOOTOUT
9-across – When filthier traps set? : APRIL
10-across – Bottom,for example,sweet : FOOL
11-across – Moderation ultimately cutting it,wet acquiring skills : INTRAINING
12-across – Cane has whipped hard in routine : SHTICK
14-across – See 9 : THEFIRST
15-across – Hoax has taken in famous 10 : COSTARD
17-across – Rat traps however ending in pipe where current flows : CATHODE
20-across – Aerosol device possibly empty,gas having run out : SPRAYGUN
22-across – One of seven bands that’s popular enjoy love : INDIGO
23-across – 10 bit something hard : TOUCHSTONE
24-across – See 2 Down : OVER
25-across – Interminable rot for 10 : FESTE
26-across – Agent exhausted having killed leader and rescued girl : EMISSARY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Soften tobacco,say,doubly loudly – for puffer? : CHOOCHOO
2-down – Astound Cockney Casanova? : BOWL
3-down – 10,barely sick,housebound? : YORICK
4-down – Rule with old king in new seat : STATUTE
5-down – A taboo embraced by goddess in aria : HABANERA
6-down – Design I dropped flourished : BRANDISHED
7-down – 10s in wood? : PLANKS
13-down – The satanic works,atheist can too then! : INTHATCASE
16-down – Record for example in brief,bar lifted? : REGISTER
18-down – Stalk with fruit 10 : DOGBERRY
19-down – 10’s game : SNOOKER
21-down – Page and covers – those to check? : PROOFS
22-down – Wrath appealing? Not quite for pacifist : IRENIC
24-down – Top off,beach drier : OAST
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.