The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 29,282 – Jan 18, 2024, Clues and Answers
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| 2 down that smells | HOOTER |
| American diver – turkey, dodo or drongo? | LOON |
| Bird sanctuary foreign to herons | HENROOST |
| By the sound of it, albatross an albatross? | BURDEN |
| Canary, relative of 8 down? | STOOLPIGEON |
| Country found coming through Mali by air | LIBYA |
| Cricket side takes part of wicket out for a while? | ONBAIL |
| Curious things I see with cat or cuckoo | ESOTERICA |
| Defective directive defended by agent | FLAWED |
| Explosive device in birdcage, say? | BOOBYTRAP |
| Gal with rook mistaken, however, for the Sparrow from Minsk | OLGAKORBUT |
| Heron bagged by hunter, gentleman from the south | EGRET |
| Home of fried chicken and pork pie for pop icon | KYLIE |
| Issue securing pile, able to click into place | SNAPON |
| Last seen of vegetarianism, then swallow – this? | MEAT |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Little character shown by husband in corporation occupying permanent residence | TOMTHUMB |
| Little rubbish is endured with ultimate character incarcerated | UNDERSIZED |
| Machine gun dude fed to a Scot surreptitiously | STACCATO |
| Main country for monster | MEDUSA |
| Movement of turntable perhaps derailing train too | ROTATION |
| Music genre, ‘ouse arising | EMO |
| One bird or another dropping head | OWL |
| Parrot perhaps – when sick? | DICKYBIRD |
| Spooner’s admonishment to ankle-biting chickens, the tops! | POLONECKS |
| Swift – doing what it does? | FLYING |
| That is an expression of pain in 16 down? | TOWIT |
| Thief looking at gull from behind | LOOTER |
| Those from outskirts of 21 across on posh carriage | LANDAU |
| Tick caught by mite cut in half | BISECT |
| Vulnerable type meeting bird | SITTINGDUCK |