This crossword No. 749 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 May 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 749 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – See 21 : WATER
8-across – Country officially known as the Republic of China : TAIWAN
9-across – Edith __,French singer who regretted nothing? : PIAF
10-across – Irish town named for its 3 over the River Boyne : DROGHEDA
11-across – 1972 musical starring Liza Minnelli : CABARET
14-across – 3 of __,2015 thriller starring Tom Hanks : SPIES
15-across – A deliberate bluff bid in 3 : PSYCH
17-across – Where Meryl Streep and Clint Eastwood found love while looking at covered 3s? : MADISON
21-across – What Paul Simon’s 3 crossed? : TROUBLED
22-across – The Peruvian capital : LIMA
24-across – Raúl and Fidel __,former presidents of Cuba : CASTRO
25-across – On which William Holden,Alec Guinness,Jack Hawkins built a 3 in David Lean’s 1957 film : RIVER
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – See 25 Across : KWAI
2-down – Hebridean island west of Mull : STAFFA
3-down – Game at which Zia Mahmood excels : BRIDGE
4-down – The __,Harlequins rugby stadium : STOOP
5-down – Chess piece known as ‘fou’ in French and ‘Läufer’ in German : BISHOP
6-down – California city and naval base : SANDIEGO
12-down – The __,who,according to Byron,‘came down like the wolf on the fold’? : ASSYRIAN
13-down – Abbreviation for concert venue on London’s South Bank : RFH
14-down – Affliction also known as winter depression : SAD
16-down – See 17 Across : COUNTY
18-down – __ Celsius,18th century Swedish physicist : ANDERS
19-down – Shakespeare __,1998 romantic comedy starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes : INLOVE
20-down – T.S. __,author of The Waste Land : ELIOT
23-down – __ Magdalene,follower of Jesus : MARY
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.