This crossword No. 30012 clues and answers were published on Thu 21 May 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 30012 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Just as orgasm prompts poem by Yeats … : THESECONDCOMING
9-across – … wrongly read note by misfortunate Keats : MISTAKE
10-across – For example,Keats and Yeats : RHYMERS
11-across – See 25 : THE
12-across – Heretics are punished for unfaithful acts : TREACHERIES
13-across – You might slip on this bats blood : BANANASKIN
15-across – Light’s non-binding energy : NEON
18-across – E … e : ECHO
20-across – Bible teaching wrongly maligns Eve : EVANGELISM
23-across – Gordon’s starter presented to massive foody? : GASTRONOMIC
25-across – That man follows backwash of river froth : SEE
26-across – Playing bingo,the French are mean : IGNOBLE
27-across – Beast of burden returned to castle : CAMELOT
28-across – Fascist leader controlled Houston with rumba master general : FRANCISCOFRANCO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Backup part of database liable to corruption : TEMPTABLE
2-down – Sea-sick seabird from China? : EASTERN
3-down – Challenging former lover on stage : EXACTING
4-down – Huge honour to sit on banks of Seine : OBESE
5-down – Re-entering language course : DIRECTION
6-down – Gone wild with axes splitting something needed for fire : OXYGEN
7-down – Provide detailed account of quite miserable passage : ITEMISE
8-down – Donates,as replacing 4,6 and 15 : GASES
14-down – International waters still surrounded by dumb-asses : SEVENSEAS
16-down – Dropping dead,wrote frantically : NUMBERTWO
17-down – Fresher report of any toilet more sullied : NEWCOMER
19-down – Take end from communion wafer – on reflection,an exaltation! : HOSANNA
21-down – Slight temperature dropping off with cool hormone : INSULIN
22-down – A right-beginning,dotted-letter-including alphabet : ARABIC
23-down – Sadness as building terminally fire-damaged : GRIEF
24-down – <span>Like </span><i>Top Gun</i><span> pilot’s taxiing speed : MACHO
This crossword has in total 30 where 14 are across and 16 are down.