The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 30011 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 30011 clues and answers were published on Wed 20 May 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 30011 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossCheers one who’d expect to be paid to be an MP? : PROSIT
5-acrossLight material suffering more snags if not new : GOSSAMER
9-acrossSafe getting hot as Venus in the Louvre : HARMLESS
10-acrossOfficial Aussie pick-up counter : REFUTE
11-acrossPutting two lots of uranium into affected corpuscles is dim! : CREPUSCULOUS
13-acrossMarine fish in abandoned clay : MARL
14-acrossOval’s pitch initially breaking up till ice melted : ELLIPTIC
17-acrossOpera section with city situation : SCENARIO
18-acrossFrame in which beauty pageant winner appears? : SASH
20-acrossA fibre carpet used to make flatpack kit,say : PREFABRICATE
23-acrossWow,performing with a cigar! : CORONA
24-acrossVery into fancy lingerie but right off sweet-talk : INVEIGLE
25-acrossExpert: ‘Nessie is mostly brass’ : PERTNESS
26-acrossCat circling a rocking lead vocalist’s equipment : LARYNX

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Fancy knocking off leader for paper? : REAM
3-down – Mark’s house settlement’s not finished : SEMICOLON
4-down – Lulu’s half escaping depression in the old city : THEBES
5-down – Cynically proposing futile measures – a ‘two-fingered salute’ way of governing? : GESTUREPOLITICS
6-down – Lyricist dancing – time for one very popular show : STRICTLY
7-down – Foul’s legal – linesman’s heading off : AWFUL
8-down – Sushi: meant to be prepared with relish : ENTHUSIASM
12-down – End cut off cob stuffed with Parmesan cheese : MASCARPONE
15-down – Notice soldiers pinching one’s bottom : POSTERIOR
16-down – Church head one books into rave for a game : CRIBBAGE
19-down – Wonder if a motorhome’s possessed by a Spice girl? : MARVEL
21-down – US state not allowed to mock : FLOUT
22-down – Nut-covered Latin dish : FLAN

This crossword has in total 27 where 14 are across and 13 are down.

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