The Guardian – Cryptic crossword No 29,288 – Jan 25 2024 Clues and Solutions
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Cancel membership fee after receiving credit | SCRUB |
| Check I leave after taking in conclusion of another Hitchcock film | VERTIGO |
| Chilled response about source of unusual accent | BURR |
| College had reduced students | HALL |
| Conceal part of innings in tournament | COVERUP |
| Daughters interrupted by expression of hesitation I have produced | DERIVED |
| Detective encountering nonsense about one US city | DETROIT |
| Determined a Duke should be borne by galloping steed | DEADSET |
| Dictionary is holding up returning name of complex | OEDIPUS |
| Display hospital article on inflammatory disease | HANGOUT |
| Leather companies taking different directions after excess trimmed | MOROCCO |
| Left in charge over European committee appointment | RAPPORTEUR |
| List best type of desks? | ROLLTOP |
| Little space to be engrossed in accommodating a venture | ENDEAVOUR |
| Love – i.e., bums heaving – in these? | BLUEMOVIES |
| Clues | Answers |
|---|---|
| Monks heading for Hell, largest first? | DESCENDINGORDER |
| Much-favoured bridge team where lawyers gather | INNS |
| Nothing new purchased, having missed opening | NOUGHT |
| Parents accommodate heading for Rome (Italian city) | PARMA |
| Prepared to come round to fix instrument | SPINET |
| Runs after people gathering for a drink | BEER |
| Second year completed? Sweet | SYRUP |
| Short story identifying detective, in brief? | CONTE |
| Somehow pitches tent OK, securing height and length? Things become more complex | THEPLOTTHICKENS |
| Source of drugs, I note, given to male politician | INDIANHEMP |
| They criticise struggle to fill water containers beside river | REVIEWERS |
| Week One in US series is sentimental | MAWKISH |
| Welsh papers stop including English spread | WIDENED |
| Wine barrel trimmed to make instrument | SACKBUT |
| Yorkshire produce an encouragement for Arab? | RIDINGCROP |