This crossword No. 29987 clues and answers were published on Wed 22 Apr 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29987 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Hunts persistently? : FORAGES
5-across – Be careful with cat that’s gone wild : WATCHIT
9-across – Treatment centre hosted by Pamela Anderson : AANDE
10-across – Crete: nice,surprisingly – that’s not saying much : RETICENCE
11-across – Literary set gets flowers put in the ground : BLOOMSBURY
12-across – Wolf down sandwich with duck filling : BOLT
14-across – Engineer restores path; it’s very high above us : STRATOSPHERE
18-across – Time-poor French author misinterpreted as nostalgic? : MARCELPROUST
21-across – Where religious crowd congregate to see villain beheaded : NAVE
22-across – It’s more obvious having race later is nonsense : BALDERDASH
25-across – Carnage regularly follows elderly American – and it returns repeatedly : BOOMERANG
26-across – Keep in touch,having stabled horse : PINTO
27-across – Pure quality of German city church : ESSENCE
28-across – Name of female acquired on re-marriage? : STEPHEN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Inject vitamins into skin that’s loose : FLABBY
2-down – Published party minute – that’s irregular : RANDOM
3-down – Dull count showing some capacity for thinking : GREYMATTER
4-down – Stand-in accepts credit for clean-up : SCRUB
5-down – Game played mostly by those out of their depth : WATERPOLO
6-down – Starts to trudge around coffee outlet providing food : TACO
7-down – Afghan governor hides suffering in the morning? : HANGOVER
8-down – Scores left during games : TWENTIES
13-down – Bananas perhaps too often what’s misplaced by grocers? : APOSTROPHE
15-down – Top guy provides upset pal with meat and drink : ALPHAMALE
16-down – Final word,effective and quite open : AMENABLE
17-down – Vicar delving into religious sins of the past : PREVIOUS
19-down – Open fire! : LAUNCH
20-down – Violent gangster endlessly engages in evil? It’s almost guaranteed : SHOOIN
23-down – Dead,for example,like this old artist : DEGAS
24-down – Stitched up in every direction : SEWN
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.