The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 30 2025 Answers (7/30/25)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 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 July 30, 2025 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 7/30/25, 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
7A	Root cause to lose heart: crumbly eclair
9A	Associate of monastery is not quite spherical
10A	Almost entirely set free
11A	Leader of choir admits Baker, a sweary person
12A	Thrill of subtle colour across lake
14A	One tin and initially three beer bottles in Spanish resort
15A	Give a hard look round very fast
17A	Mastered Latin to gain respect at last
20A	In middle of long play perhaps catheter failed
22A	Speaking Italian today in the arcade
23A	Incest took place in such a room? (4-6)
24A	Buzzer has become loud?
25A	Inability to recognise pitch in strip oddly missing close by
26A	Richard Of York … for one was a jogger
1D	English vehicle, one with another about to block this, the height of danger in Italy
2D	Allowed to involve son in case
3D	The Fellowship of the Ring
4D	Unhappy expressions of dejection said to reduce business
5D	Briefly village’s terrible rainfall drowning paying guest
6D	Oust team’s wingers for new formation: that’s the limit!
8D	Roughly check about a reservation
13D	Custodian, energetic type, hiding key on purpose
16D	Green supporter pens joke, ultimately one of several in column
18D	Racist is doddery, of an age with the dinosaurs
19D	Beautiful-sounding woman and mother? A malicious old one
21D	Owner of shell company with no time to be author
22D	Left snake for its opposite
24D	Global medical body comes to a halt

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