This crossword No. 30017 clues and answers were published on Wed 27 May 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 30017 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
9-across – So we clear out capital? No : LOWERCASE
10-across – Pythagoras selectively doing his shopping here? : AGORA
11-across – Return regularly with such hopeless ineffectual people : EUNUCHS
12-across – A mother with energy that’s sensational : AMAZING
13-across – Love little tribute : OBIT
14-across – Outlaw the Y-chromosome? : MALEFACTOR
16-across – Having decided what to do with the last of equipment and possessions : TESTATE
17-across – Serving gets gold level : PLATEAU
19-across – Casually chatted about blokes ‘being cool’ : DETACHMENT
22-across – Young German friend of 23 : JUNG
24-across – One who wanted more after bagging one award : OLIVIER
25-across – Road not negotiable in this : TORNADO
26-across – What one may save to rescue artist : BACON
27-across – Powerful ambassador touched on nuclear annihilation : HERCULEAN
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Bird settled down first on a kind of trap : BLUEFOOTEDBOOBY
2-down – It’s coming up in newest development of the decade : TWENTIES
3-down – Support for couple : BRACE
4-down – Heaps in poor condition? : BADSHAPE
5-down – Iron man or woman : FEMALE
6-down – Boat to have sufficient power to go round a river : CATAMARAN
7-down – Then life in France finally went communist : SOVIET
8-down – Like some liaisons,golf and drinks could be a minefield : DANGEROUSGROUND
15-down – Permits and penalties : SANCTIONS
17-down – Flat joke on broken truce : PUNCTURE
18-down – Followed suit and dealt inappropriately with Australian native : EMULATED
20-down – Little movement from child drinking whisky : TWITCH
21-down – As the Fens are where contrary girl’s kept quiet : MARSHY
23-down – Romeo,beset by trouble between Capulets and Montagues,gets a therapist : FREUD
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.