Daily Mail Cryptic Crossword with Answers (March 29 2024)
by Niranjani
Updated Mar 29, 2024
Engaging yourself in the crossword puzzle can improve your multitasking skills and it is the best time consuming game that you can play with your friends and have more fun in it. So what are you waiting for? Read the clue and intersect the letters obtained that relate to the clue and try to find the exact answer.
Seafood taken back by girl in Trollope's place (10) Letters
BARCHESTER
This is a cryptic clue. "Seafood" could be "crab" (a type of seafood), "taken back" indicates a reversal, "girl" could be "she," and "Trollope's place" refers to the setting of Anthony Trollope's novels, which is Barchester. Putting it together, we get BARCHESTER.
Sort out middle section of tune with composer (7)
UNRAVEL
"Sort out" is a synonym for "unravel." "Middle section of tune" could be "RAVEL," and "composer" refers to Maurice Ravel, a French composer. If we take the middle section ("RAVEL") out of "UNRAVEL," we get "UN."
Birds share nuts (5) Letters
RHEAS
"Birds" here are RHEAS, large flightless birds native to South America, and "nuts" can refer to CRAZIES, which can be read as "C-RAZIES," meaning the letter "C" (which sounds like "sea") is shared among them.
Some paintings do go back in the gallery (4) Letters
GODS
"Some paintings" can refer to GODS, which are often depicted in paintings. "Do go back" indicates a reversal, so "GODS" reversed is "S-D-O-G."
Length of the French allotment (8) Letters
DURATION
"Length" is a synonym for "duration." "The French" is "DU," and "allotment" is "RATION." Putting "DU" and "RATION" together, we get "DURATION."
Dress I treat badly (6) Letters
ATTIRE
"Dress" is a synonym for "attire." "I treat" could be "I" as a Roman numeral, which is 1, and "badly" indicates an anagram. Rearranging "I" and "treat," we get "ATTIRE."
Pay for bench (6) Letters
SETTLE
"Pay for" is a synonym for "settle," meaning to pay a bill or debt. "Bench" could be a place where legal matters are settled, adding to the idea of payment or resolution.
Warmth retained by building that's covered (8) Letters
SHEATHED
"Warmth retained by building" suggests that "HEAT" is inside ("retained by") "SHED" (a building). "That's covered" indicates that "shed" is being "sheathed," meaning covered or enclosed.
Everyone is seen after fine trip (4) Letters
FALL
"Everyone is seen after fine trip" suggests that "everyone" (all) is seen (visible) after "fine trip" (fall), indicating the word FALL.
Country beginning to suffer distress (5) Letters
SPAIN
"Country beginning to suffer distress" suggests taking the beginning letter of "suffer" (S) and adding it to "distress" (pain), which gives the word SPAIN.
Drink refreshed legions (4,3) Letters
SLOE GIN
"Drink refreshed legions" suggests an anagram (refreshed) of "legions," which gives the answer SLOE GIN.
Spy involved with Rebecca in surfing milieu (10) Letters
CYBERSPACE
"Spy involved with Rebecca in surfing milieu" suggests taking the word "spy" (SPEC) and putting it inside an anagram (surfing) of "Rebecca" (CYBERSPACE).
Exposed poet swallowing tablet (5) Letters
BARED
"Exposed poet swallowing tablet" suggests putting the word "bard" (poet) around (swallowing) the abbreviation for a tablet (E), which gives the word BARED.
Utter madness back in Kiev area (4) Letters
RAVE
"Utter madness back in Kiev area" suggests taking the word "madness" (insanity) and reversing it (back) to get the word RAVE, which is also a type of party or event associated with music and dancing.
He expanded gas (6) Letters
HELIUM
"He expanded gas" suggests taking the word "he" and expanding it to get the word HELIUM, which is a gas.
Pennant shown by vessel? That's about right (8) Letters
STREAMER
"Pennant shown by vessel? That's about right" suggests taking the word "vessel" (ship) and putting the abbreviation for "right" (R) around it, which gives the word STREAMER, which can refer to a type of flag or pennant.
Writer of sad poems ties leg in knots- (7) Letters
ELEGIST
The clue "Writer of sad poems ties leg in knots" is a cryptic clue. "Writer of sad poems" is the definition, and "ties leg in knots" is the wordplay indicating an anagram (ties) of LEG inside (in) an anagram (knots) of IST, giving ELEGIST.
Shades of pretty Polly Perkins and sweet Molly Malone? (10) Letters
SUNGLASSES
This is a cryptic clue. "Shades" is the definition, and "pretty Polly Perkins and sweet Molly Malone" is the wordplay indicating an anagram of these names, resulting in SUNGLASSES.
English port in separate country (10) Letters
SUNDERLAND
This is a cryptic clue. "English port" is the definition, and "in separate country" is the wordplay indicating an anagram of UNDER inside SAND, giving SUNDERLAND.
Fabric on pole in island (8) Letters
CRETONNE
This is a cryptic clue. "Fabric" is the definition, and "on pole in island" is the wordplay indicating the letters ET (pole) inside CORN (an island crop), giving CRETONNE.
They must accept hip-hop treatment (7) Letters
THERAPY
"They must accept" is the definition, and "hip-hop treatment" is the wordplay indicating an anagram of THEY inside RAP, giving THERAPY.
Animals when stopping wagers (6) Letters
BEASTS
This is a straightforward clue where "Animals" is the definition and "stopping wagers" suggests that the answer is hidden in the words "stopPING BEASTS".
Quarrel with some familiar guests (5) Letters
ARGUE
This is a straightforward clue where "Quarrel" is the definition and "with some familiar guests" suggests that the answer is hidden in the words "some fAMILIAR GUEsts".
The first nine letters turned up with a letter from Greece (4) Letters
IOTA
"The first nine letters" is the definition, and "turned up with a letter from Greece" is the wordplay indicating the word I (a letter) followed by the reversal (turned up) of AT (from Greece), giving IOTA, which is the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.
