The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 30 2025 Answers (10/30/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 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 October 30, 2025 Answers

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« October 29 2025 Answers

#	Clue
8A	Great skill from expert – start from pub, needing a drink
9A	Widespread complaint following change of side in this city
10A	Optimal routes for those wanting to enter spelling contest
11A	Form of payment native of 9 or 16 announced
12A	How to secure admission in kind way that careless writer might get wrong
15A	Period charm
16A	Inspector is employed to do this arrest
20A	E.g. minimal answers for today – they may not be fully spelt out
21A	Results of writer’s carelessness, as revealed in slips
23A	Finishes off this kind of clue with mark of approval – it uses initial letters
25A	Run article old-fashioned spelling expert goes over
26A	Satirical publication a university degree-holder pens
1D	Person representing monarch butterfly
2D	Two pages I already revised for publication
3D	With cargo on board, hasn’t left port
4D	Travellers having pain that is contained in seconds
5D	Smiley type and a cryptic she reviewed without one
6D	Final 16 victory for partner
7D	Investments as usual fluctuating over time? Bond’s superior initially
13D	Naughty Brendan will cheat in plot (3-7)
14D	Republican congress upset about one taking new steps to reach other side
17D	Submissive type may be bearer of welcome message
18D	Unfamiliar stone on chain
19D	Naval officer I’d alarm at sea
22D	High cards followed by a ten and top club
24D	Forecast being heard as weak person or lefty, depending on tense choice

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