This crossword No. 758 clues and answers were published on Sat 19 Jul 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 758 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
7-across – Hernando __,Spanish explorer central to the colonisation of the Inca empire : DESOTO
8-across – Margaret __,author of The Handmaid’s Tale : ATWOOD
9-across – See 16 : FOGG
10-across – Seaside town in Tor Bay,Devon : PAIGNTON
11-across – Paul __,England footballer who made more than 700 appearances for Manchester United : SCHOLES
13-across – Flowering plant used for making blue dye : WOAD
15-across – Comic character created by Sacha Baron Cohen : ALIG
16-across – The protagonist in Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days : PHILEAS
18-across – Nickname given to Harold Macmillan : SUPERMAC
20-across – Egyptian port visited by 16/9 : SUEZ
22-across – Polysaccharide found in staples of the human diet : STARCH
23-across – Musical film starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta : GREASE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Nevada city known as a gambling resort : RENO
2-down – Former British colony in China visited by 16/9 : HONGKONG
3-down – Christian __,Austrian physicist who identified how the frequency of a wave may change in relation to an observer in motion : DOPPLER
4-down – 2024 Olympic host city,visited by 16/9 : PARIS
5-down – __ Lake,ballet by Tchaikovsky : SWAN
6-down – Japanese host city for the 2002 Fifa World Cup final – visited by 16/9 : YOKOHAMA
12-down – Former name of the Indian city on the Hooghly – visited by 16/9 : CALCUTTA
13-down – Dame Emma __,CEO of GSK Plc : WALMSLEY
14-down – A musical film starring Catherine Zeta-Jones – or a city visited by 16/9? : CHICAGO
17-down – Warren Buffet’s home town – visited by 16/9 : OMAHA
19-down – __ Pound,modernist poet who influenced T.S. Eliot : EZRA
21-down – __ Rawlins,fictional detective created by Walter Mosley : EASY
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.