This crossword No. 740 clues and answers were published on Sat 15 Mar 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 740 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Maximilien __, Jacobin insurrectionist executed in July 1794 : ROBESPIERRE
8-across – A town in Piedmont – and the sparkling wine produced there : ASTI
9-across – __ Hughes, jazz poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance : LANGSTON
10-across – A town in Somerset but a national park in Queensland? : TAUNTON
11-across – Carrie’s love interest in Sex and the City : MRBIG
14-across – Apocryphal saying of Louis XIV, asserting his political primacy : LETAT
16-across – See 14 : CESTMOI
19-across – Swiss founder of analytical psychology : CARLJUNG
21-across – The __ of law, legal principle of democratic government : RULE
22-across – Erskine Caldwell novel about Georgia sharecroppers in the Great Depression : TOBACCOROAD
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – The capital of Queensland : BRISBANE
2-down – Winston’s torturer in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four : OBRIEN
3-down – Author of The Waste Land : TSELIOT
4-down – Princess __, character voiced by Cameron Diaz in the original Shrek film : FIONA
5-down – River reaching the sea at Vancouver : FRASER
6-down – Net __, much contested target for limiting greenhouse gas emissions : ZERO
12-down – Nickname given to Margaret Thatcher : IRONLADY
13-down – Name given to the period of repressive violence following the French Revolution : REIGNOF
15-down – Unscripted comments by actors or orators : ADLIBS
17-down – See 13 : TERROR
18-down – Perennial shrub known for its sword-shaped leaves : YUCCA
20-down – 1998 animated comedy about an anxious worker called Z : ANTZ
This crossword has in total 22 where 10 are across and 12 are down.