This crossword No. 29991 clues and answers were published on Mon 27 Apr 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 29991 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Pretty shy hugging me at rear of school : COMELY
4-across – Get over arch,and one may make a bolt for it : CROSSBOW
9-across – Relish oxygen brought by sudden wind : GUSTO
10-across – Old Parliamentary radicals who told it to you straight? : LEVELLERS
11-across – Deal-maker in pub,one taking a profit : BARGAINER
12-across – A brief experience of discrimination : TASTE
13-across – Lower tier seats filled first for this film? : ROOMATTHETOP
17-across – In isle grey tomb crumbling,typically romantic : BOYMEETSGIRL
20-across – Have no argument with an Athenian amputee : AGREE
21-across – Missile landing in sniper’s lair: this tightest of squeaks? : NARROWEST
23-across – On journey,train isn’t moving : INTRANSIT
24-across – Track down a very tiny amount : TRACE
25-across – Kubrick briefly portrayed Scottish patron : STANDREW
26-across – Not simple,so restive : UNEASY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Budgie perhaps free in big cedar : CAGEBIRD
2-down – Swell breakfast item : MUSHROOM
3-down – An idiot picked up sponge : LOOFA
5-down – Brazen volte-face about poem,‘Polecat’ : REVERSEFERRET
6-down – People searching for these here but they lack concentration : SOLUTIONS
7-down – Reach the top of chest : BREAST
8-down – Hardy folk lived here in primarily wild county : WESSEX
10-down – Hello again,rector: still not made a bishop? : LONGTIMENOSEE
14-down – Ideas for a reform mentioned earlier : AFORESAID
15-down – New American widescreen system : CINERAMA
16-down – Cook breakfast,including coffee,getting insincere praise? : FLATTERY
18-down – Spoke of what one has in each arms : RADIUS
19-down – Shrub and vegetable penetrated by decay : PROTEA
22-down – Many times relent,though not at first : OFTEN
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.