This crossword No. 778 clues and answers were published on Sat 06 Dec 2025 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 778 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
6-across – Official transcript of parliamentary proceedings : HANSARD
9-across – Iraqi city on the Shatt al-Arab : BASRA
10-across – River flowing through St Petersburg : NEVA
11-across – Dick __,star of Mary Poppins : VANDYKE
13-across – A kind of bridge or a kind of sale? : AUCTION
15-across – The Purple Rose of __,Woody Allen movie from 1985 : CAIRO
16-across – Crimean resort where Churchill,Roosevelt and Stalin met in 1945 : YALTA
17-across – A Majestic __,cricket writings of CLR James : INNINGS
18-across – The first section of Dante’s Divine Comedy : INFERNO
20-across – Jonah __,player remembered for his performance against England in the 1995 Rugby World Cup : LOMU
23-across – River __,Midlands waterway : TRENT
24-across – Country bordered by Peru and Colombia : ECUADOR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Dan Brown novel,sequel to Angels & Demons : THE
2-down – Taking the __,form of protest pioneered by Colin Kaepernick : KNEE
3-down – Scottish town on the Firth of Lorn : OBAN
4-down – The __ – who,according to Byron,“came down like the wolf on the fold”? : ASSYRIAN
5-down – Author of the bestselling novel 12 : KATEMOSSE
7-down – One of the two most common forms of coffee plant : ARABICA
8-down – See 1 : DAVINCICODE
12-down – Type of elaborate pen built,according to legend,by Daedalus to hold the minotaur : LABYRINTH
14-down – Long-running ITV drama series starring James Nesbitt and Helen Baxendale : COLDFEET
15-down – 17th century French waterway connecting Béziers and Toulouse : CANALDU
19-down – Luxury hotel on London’s Piccadilly or the Place Vendôme,Paris : RITZ
21-down – See 15 : MIDI
22-down – Shorthand for an internet address : URL
This crossword has in total 25 where 12 are across and 13 are down.