This crossword No. 729 clues and answers were published on Sat 28 Dec 2024 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 729 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – The goat in Animal Farm : MURIEL
8-across – __ Vinick, character in The West Wing played by Alan Alda : ARNOLD
9-across – __ Diaz, character in Brooklyn Nine-Nine played by Stephanie Beatriz : ROSA
10-across – Underground passage, used especially for burials : CATACOMB
11-across – See 1 Down : KINDNESS
13-across – See 19 : SYNE
14-across – Landlocked country in south-east Asia, capital Vientiane : LAOS
16-across – __ shuffle; variation on tap-dancing : SOFTSHOE
18-across – __ Day, US national holiday on the last Monday in May each year : MEMORIAL
19-across – Song sung at Hogmanay, using words of Robert Burns : AULD
21-across – Brass horn, similar to a cornet : FLUGEL
22-across – Peter __, journalist and author of The Assault on Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism : OBORNE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – A __; what the singers of 19/20/13 will take for the sake of 19/20/13? : CUPO
2-down – The __, peninsula in Cornwall : LIZARD
3-down – Percussion instruments made from pitched steel or aluminium bars : GLOCKENSPIELS
4-down – The __, novel by Dashiell Hammett : MALTESEFALCON
5-down – Nickname of a leading New York basketball franchise : KNICKS
6-down – Music and dance artform native to southern Spain : FLAMENCO
12-down – __ Knightley, sister of Jane Austen’s more famous Emma : ISABELLA
15-down – Where John Betjeman wished friendly bombs might fall? : SLOUGH
17-down – The Hebrew for peace : SHALOM
20-down – See 19 Across : LANG
This crossword has in total 22 where 12 are across and 10 are down.