The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 29,210 – Oct 25, 2023, Crossword Answers
The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 29,210 – Oct 25 2023
Clues | Answers |
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A small part of Christmas scene last to receive credit | ASCRIBE |
A woman’s perfume, ‘Repose’, that dates from 1953 | ASCENTOFEVEREST |
After endless hassle the night before, one enters in distress | AGGRIEVE |
Being forced out of shell contributes to boy’s terror | OYSTER |
Chap finding voyaging at sea hard work | HEAVYGOING |
Fellow handin’ out something for plucking | MANDOLIN |
Finish one’s sentence, but be unable to move on (4,2,1,4,4) | COMETOAFULLSTOP |
I feel cold, not half shivering on this? | ICEFLOE |
Mixing up fruit refuse to pick up barrel held by strap | SCRAMBLING |
Not hard for the cartel to organise cheese dish | RACLETTE |
Plunders shelves where solution half-hidden | RANSACKS |
See Persian queen reportedly getting a number of winks | SIESTA |
Clues | Answers |
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Seem likely to make a reasonable offer | BIDFAIR |
Shanty town in best-loved American city | FAVELA |
Some say a beating? Up here for a flogging | EBAY |
Sponges cloakroom quickly, without finishing | LOOFAS |
Spot girl in the afternoon, signalling | PIPEMMA |
Support earth and environment | BACKGROUND |
Tense to the end, large amounts missing | LOST |
The Warsaw Pact, for example, left with nothing in years gone by | BLOC |
Tiny explosive device? One delivered after the war | BABYBOOMER |
Union campaigner messing up gets the bird | MACARONIPENGUIN |
Unusual reproduction of Stonehenge reassembled in European capital | PARTHENOGENESIS |
Vegetable is large – it’s frightening | LEEK |