The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 29,318 – Feb 29 2024 Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Beginning to confess eating pastry | STARTING |
| Blended mince pie with rum | IMPURE |
| Boatman returns with kilo of rock cake | BAKLAVA |
| Boatman taken in by very much unknown type of cake | FAIRY |
| Chai free to be served regularly here | CAFE |
| Flaky pastry is displaying lack of density | SPARSITY |
| Good pastry (shortcrust) leads to intense cramps of the stomach | GASTRIC |
| He mapped the source of the Orinoco after raising one of London’s hospitals | STRABO |
| Let off steam, in consequence rejecting leader | VENT |
| Messages ending bygone custom via papyri: small progress? | EMAILS |
| Pastry base for Spooner’s tinned meat | CAKESTAND |
| Pastry for tea, you say made with cunning, missing topping | TUILE |
| Pastry made from shortcrust mix: seconds wasted forgetting time and temperature | CHURRO |
| Pastry with problematic calories? Not so! | ECLAIR |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Popular small porker with head removed close say to wings? | INSIGNIA |
| Questioning limits of action: awful, yet ironic | ANALYTIC |
| Second rock cake is liable to produce vomit | SEASICK |
| Showed cop’s note in pastry case by journalist | DISPLAYED |
| Six against one, humbled ultimately by head’s clarity | vividness |
| Somewhat like Judo master’s pastry? | DANISH |
| Steal quietly forward to get cake | CREPE |
| The ends of a journey and not getting sickness: that’s unusual | ABNORMAL |
| They’re forbidden to eat bun’s filling in American cakes | DONUTS |
| Track and field where his cattle wander | ATHLETICS |
| Type of cake that’s a hit | POUND |
| Unboxed item – import sale material | TEMPORAL |
| Under canvas, reportedly getting saturated? | INTENSE |
| Voracious eater of filo custard slice | LOCUST |
