Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 30, 2025 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.
The Guardian Cryptic Crossword December 30, 2025 Answers
If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 12/30/25, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!
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| # |
Clue |
| 1A |
Unveiling trees, touch fruit with bent cane |
| 9A |
Jolly boyo, missing football club, depressed |
| 10A |
A Beginner’s Introduction: Science 101 cancelled for non-attendance |
| 11A |
Adorn orangutan with stethoscope? |
| 12A |
Compound rates I calculate with select elements discounted, using life tables? |
| 13A |
Fail to deal with right-wing extremism with a bit of history |
| 15A |
Team leader requests you do them |
| 16A |
Chinese coolness coming back around very softly, very cool |
| 18A |
Mix up root and rip up dried petals |
| 20A |
Provokes ire with artist fabrication |
| 23A |
Policeman’s undercover operation |
| 24A |
Silly people name their belly buttons, sometimes |
| 25A |
Controversially, Roman wine bar serves nail polish remover |
| 26A |
Chaps joined at the hip, later awkwardly embracing the cheerleaders |
| 1D |
Formalised union with new arrangement in time and space (4-11) |
| 2D |
Tries again to run lines, endlessly |
| 3D |
Dump booze outside of a town in Ireland |
| 4D |
Groups hiding in photography labs |
| 5D |
Fulfilment staff turned up: soldiers in casual shirts |
| 6D |
Dreaded one uprising of a Russian leader |
| 7D |
Poles welcoming musical girl, the likes of Mary Poppins |
| 8D |
Evil, strange, barbarous, monstrous Lake Constance? |
| 14D |
Praise pet that’s barking … to get bite |
| 15D |
In Yorkshire, the philosopher’s wedding attire |
| 17D |
16 fish, about three took flight with some laughter |
| 19D |
Roots of Riemann zeta: only minus evens and half + imaginary included – that’s where roots come from! |
| 21D |
Tyrannosaurus raised upper leg |
| 22D |
Step-sister’s heart put out |
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