Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - September 30, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 30, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Starch silly person dropped into sparkling wine7 letters5.Millenarian sect, mixers of cocktails7 letters9.Complicated relationships get Mr Big at intervals into difficulties9 letters10.In brief, ‘Academy’ leads with a vowel5 letters11.Clutching note, place bet4 letters12.Woo-hoo! Born during overlong time in bed? Refuse to go there10 letters14.I present The End of History, a cancelled opinion6 letters15.One exploiting employees making garment7 letters16.A small train diverted to Nancy?7 letters18.Confront a constant expense6 letters20.Depression, given cereal that scours the teeth10 letters21.State of mind turning to horrible fate4 letters24.Jazz work in theatre broadcaster half-heartedly takes on5 letters25.Stark nude changing clothes kept silent9 letters26.Came home missing river that’s changed channel7 letters27.Police having time to replace cold headgear7 letters
Down
1.Workers entering place for tea and slice5 letters2.Seeing nothing wrong in being well-groomed7 letters3.Face trouble, regularly stealing from balconies4 letters4.Unearthly ordeal having to reorganise Dickens’ work15 letters5.Money temporarily put aside here for thriller?15 letters6.Want to save money, so giving up the booze10 letters7.Show old horse a single piece of tack7 letters8.Bridge pair starting with spades concealing queen7 letters13.One writes new title and a couple of pages in the bog10 letters16.Is about to exclude a feature of browser7 letters17.Tiny piece of high tech not fitting round a head7 letters19.Well up, holding firm in affliction7 letters22.When starting masseur falsely said he had a magic touch5 letters23.Not old, condescend to pack it in4 letters
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