The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Apr 29

• Bird's tail pulled out of drink (4) Crossword Clue
• Cook big cheese after centre removed (4) Crossword Clue
• Dash to cover the inside (4) Crossword Clue
• Discontented, poor, solemn type - creep! (5) Crossword Clue
• Do a 'homo erectus' and wash? (5,2) Crossword Clue
• Entertainment from such activity around one in shopping centre (5,4) Crossword Clue
• Go mad with stress - most off-putting (8) Crossword Clue
• Hit the drink (5) Crossword Clue
• Holder, accountant, wears pants with elasticated top (9) Crossword Clue
• In town? Go alone - the other side will appreciate it (3,4) Crossword Clue
• Iron a suit - not hem (4) Crossword Clue
• Jack's partner getting end away with Bill's partner, so dropped (6) Crossword Clue
• Making of a good joke? Turning it up on Dynasty (6) Crossword Clue
• Mountains figure in Aspen resort (9) Crossword Clue
• Music enhancer, provided one's in more spacious surroundings (9) Crossword Clue
• Not some other viewer's rubbish (2,3) Crossword Clue
• Nude in rude act? (7) Crossword Clue
• Onus is said to melt caution (10) Crossword Clue
• Piles rocks on top of soil to form pitches (6) Crossword Clue
• Played by band just starting to almost ring out (5) Crossword Clue
• Poet outside independent church house (8) Crossword Clue
• Sally's restraint (3) Crossword Clue
• Something funny from US city that's disgusting (5) Crossword Clue
• Sovereign changes sides - fool! (5) Crossword Clue
• Start to neuter rescue strays and put down (7) Crossword Clue
• Stole from a milliner and acknowledged public approval? (4,1,3) Crossword Clue
• Support for piano (4) Crossword Clue
• Taking the ---s out of universal wit (5) Crossword Clue
• Ten cooks in pub making jokey remarks (6) Crossword Clue
• Top dictator's little dog (4) Crossword Clue
• 'Turning up a hunter's pants' in German (10) Crossword Clue
• Utterly fail to produce a breakfast item? (3,2,3) Crossword Clue
• Was an establishment type wrongly implicated? (3,2) Crossword Clue