The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 30031 – Clues and Answers

This crossword No. 30031 clues and answers were published on Fri 12 Jun 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Cryptic Crossword No. 30031 link.

All Across Clues and Answers:


1-acrossDetectives so worried about a former data-storage platform : VIDEOCASSETTE
10-acrossSet of wooden bars cut between axes and whetstone : XYLOPHONE
11-acrossStout or beer seen regularly : OBESE
12-acrossCat bound to scratch head : OUNCE
13-acrossElaborate cycling honour and ring cyclist maybe accepts : EMBROIDER
14-acrossHesitant setter would back lines on article : DITHERY
16-acrossEnergetic daughter splitting : DRIVING
18-acrossConfound what could be seen as negative? : NONPLUS
20-acrossPeeling away front,disclose broken bone : OSSICLE
21-acrossVery famous cricket side totally gutted,eleven runs in 24 hours : LEGENDARY
23-acrossSummons Pope intermittently filled out? : PAGES
24-acrossLiterary genre evident in podcaster’s Athenian letters : SCIFI
25-acrossNaughty kid is turning into fool,collapsing inwards : IMPLOSION
26-acrossIn one sense,food flipped in hot fat remains revolutionary number one : AFTERAFASHION

All Down Clues and Answers:


2-down – Harpo pitches books around north London borough : ISLINGTON
3-down – Some steeplejack’s climbing record : ELPEE
4-down – I’m here to host two kings separately for cuisine : COOKERY
5-down – Fostering environment created by dame and duke supporting diocese : SEEDBED
6-down – Chiefly moot ‘science’,for the most part blurry? : ECONOMICS
7-down – With time,perhaps dock material : TWEED
8-down – Shoe tongue,one that’s a bit stiff? : OXFORDENGLISH
9-down – Poor girl almost regrets son going back : RETROGRESSING
15-down – Fragrant plant,say,a linnet damaged : EGLANTINE
17-down – Having ditched ‘Mike’,coming into new assumed identity : INCOGNITO
19-down – Dispelling onset of ennui,inspires rising energy : STAMINA
20-down – Half of African country welcomes retiring setter’s large source of games? : OLYMPIA
22-down – Composer lowering final note causes trouble : GRIEF
23-down – Dog muck held up by child : POOCH

This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.

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