This crossword No. 739 clues and answers were published on Sat 08 Mar 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 739 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – City state once ruled by the 4? : VENICE
8-across – Collected name for the works of a single artist or writer : OEUVRE
9-across – See 21 : GAGA
10-across – Leonid __, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, 1964 -1982 : BREZHNEV
11-across – Famously hazardous fence at the Grand National : BECHERS
13-across – See 11 : BROOK
15-across – Officials responsible for discipline in a parliamentary party : WHIPS
17-across – The furthest planet from the sun : NEPTUNE
19-across – Robert Saviano’s book and film about the Camorra crime organisation : GOMORRAH
21-across – Artist otherwise known as Germanotta : LADY
23-across – Stephen King novel from 1987 – and the movie starring Kathy Bates : MISERY
24-across – The Philadelphia __, Super Bowl winners 2025 : EAGLES
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The company controlling Facebook and Instagram : META
2-down – The Saudi capital : RIYADH
3-down – Berkshire town, home to Greenham Common : NEWBURY
4-down – US government department currently run by Elon Musk : DOGE
5-down – John __, television detective played by Idris Elba : LUTHER
6-down – The capital of Sierra Leone : FREETOWN
12-down – Country once known as Abyssinia : ETHIOPIA
14-down – English publishing house, founded 1889 : METHUEN
16-down – Charles __, the ‘nobody’ in the Grossmiths’ comic diary? : POOTER
18-down – Classical Indian language spoken especially in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana : TELUGU
20-down – Welsh town at the mouth of the River Clwyd : RHYL
22-down – A weight loss programme – or the Japanese parliament : DIET
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.