This crossword No. 29985 clues and answers were published on Mon 20 Apr 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29985 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Boutique hotel in Provence? : NICHE
4-across – Our secret repository tapes got interfered with : GATEPOST
8-across – At first,Harry Potter got embroiled with emotion of greater relevance : MORETOTHEPOINT
10-across – Sceptic rogue exposed Philistine : NIHILIST
11-across – Smell and look of a shepherd : BOPEEP
12-across – Strays see plot unravel,keeping quiet : LOSTSHEEP
15-across – Snack shop unwrapped snack : NACHO
17-across – Team swears regularly? That’s a shocker! : TASER
18-across – Sue’s verse lacking charm,then? : PROSECUTE
19-across – Distant memory about author’s return : REMOTE
21-across – Perhaps grandma to some extent dances to relax : ANCESTOR
24-across – Poor governments giving Socrates a kick,I fancy : KAKISTOCRACIES
25-across – Marks floral parts : STIGMATA
26-across – Finally grant requests for jobs : TASKS
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Undersign leaders of climate legislation in environment terminology : NOMENCLATURE
2-down – Disease can be horrific if ignored by family member : CIRRHOSIS
3-down – Wax lyrical about the previous bunch getting a comeback : EXTOL
4-down – Conk out drunk,get up and use loo? Not us! : GOTOSLEEP
5-down – X÷e = 13-19 : TEEN
6-down – You or me on vacation,creative and articulate : PRONOUNCE
7-down – Some fires,in general,burn : SINGE
9-down – Those with charts choose to hide book? Stirs trouble : OPTOMETRISTS
13-down – Of course their guns misfired : SURETHING
14-down – Desperately,I phone agency in old Lebanon : PHOENICIA
16-down – Nations,My Lord,rise in revolution : COUNTRIES
20-down – Cruel treatment essentially deliberate : MEANT
22-down – Precise demand : EXACT
23-down – This erupts frequently in Vietnam : ETNA
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.