This crossword No. 29296 clues and answers were published on Sat 03 Feb 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Prize Crossword No. 29296 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Bad light obscures one unknown character on a set of steps : MAZURKA
5-across – Old type of slate roofing in progress – can’t leak! : SCANTLE
9-across – Council rejected gatherings around New York : SYNOD
10-across – Vessel at Cairo museum’s entrance, unusually broad : PANORAMIC
11-across – Fire-starter, exposed all round gets beaten : OUTMATCHED
12-across – A spirit flower : ARUM
14-across – See 27 : OBSOLESCENCE
18-across – Not against being free, independent, cold and hostile? : ANTAGONISTIC
21-across – Artist gets national emblem back to front : KLEE
22-across – Rural cuts affected outside temperature of a building : STRUCTURAL
25-across – Nick, trendy gangster and outlaw : ROBINHOOD
26-across – Hit English name for Japanese dish : RAMEN
27-across – Life-limiting commercial policy of Republican politician harbouring colossal need : PLANNED
28-across – Right, go on – backslide! : RELAPSE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – State needing, say, Andy Murray’s charm : MASCOT
2-down – Top religious school badly hit : ZENITH
3-down – Bloody American banknotes that might be pickled! : REDCABBAGE
4-down – Jelly-like image : ASPIC
5-down – English short of oriental coins at first? Ridiculous! : SENSELESS
6-down – Unsubstantial hob lacking force : AIRY
7-down – Tree of south-western river in Germany : TAMARIND
8-down – Hence no top and bottom on Brown’s hamper : ENCUMBER
13-down – Defiled Lars’ unfinished picture of biblical content? : SCRIPTURAL
15-down – Fittipaldi’s bottom pushed into hot rod in ground, swiftish? : ORNITHOID
16-down – Part of stage scenery support covering sink : BACKDROP
17-down – Compound of element one put into replacement battery : YTTERBIA
19-down – Locks securing army officer, daily : MRSMOP
20-down – Raised edge of dish, say, turned over : FLANGE
23-down – Henry Kissinger’s other bovine feature? : UDDER
24-down – Presently it could be a conspiracy theory – no question : ANON
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.