The Guardian Crossword May 30 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 71 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 71 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for May 30 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Ultimately, Katie Hopkins cuts off support for the poor (4,8)121 AcrossReveal answer → Indian tourist destination with last vestiges of a crumbling mortar pagoda (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Australian bushranger and convicted murderer (3,5)81 AcrossReveal answer → Mediterranean island with a little travel bag (4)44 AcrossReveal answer → __ Shady, Eminem’s alter ego? (4)45 AcrossReveal answer → Narrow escape as ninth rage erupts (4,5)97 AcrossReveal answer → Good sense to take portion of babaganoush (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Gloomy and arid: that captures attention (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → Pierced from stab and stained with blood (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Matteo __, Italian prime minister 2014-2016 (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Way to write cards after game of golf (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Estuary on England’s east coast (3,4)710 AcrossReveal answer → Immediate credit arranged (6)610 AcrossReveal answer → Check – moving over knight, one might give away rank (7)711 AcrossReveal answer → Area of London, known for its Royal Mail sorting centre (5,8)1311 AcrossReveal answer → Hotel food around midday, that’s left out, curls up (7)712 AcrossReveal answer → A Spice Girl over making comeback around fiery studio session (10)1013 AcrossReveal answer → Creepy-crawlies found inside pantsuit (4)413 AcrossReveal answer → The Silver State? (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → A quiet servant receiving tip that’s tacked on (9)914 AcrossReveal answer → Restrain having thrown a punch (4)415 AcrossReveal answer → Aargh! The historical novel, ultimately, is a deeply unpleasant experience (4)415 AcrossReveal answer → Pop diva taking part in archery (4)416 AcrossReveal answer → Idiomatic phrase meaning cheap or unimportant (6-3-4)1317 AcrossReveal answer → Saucy thing admits backside in miniskirt sticks out (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing from lover, as many desperate to pick up date (5,5)1019 AcrossReveal answer → First __, highest ranking officer in the Royal Navy (3,4)721 AcrossReveal answer → Typical bits of grass, garden getting trimmed (4,3)722 AcrossReveal answer → Strong plastic, a generic term for a record (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Gemstone formed from silica (4)423 AcrossReveal answer → Check dipstick in car? No time (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Last panto rearranged after infant pulled out (9)925 AcrossReveal answer → Awkward to write about boring sex (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Guardian fellow sent a report for editing (6-6)1227 AcrossReveal answer →

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England rugby player, runner-up in the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year (5,8)5 DownReveal answer → The __, groundbreaking work by Germaine Greer (6,6)6 DownReveal answer → Indian politician assassinated in 1948 (7,6)7 DownReveal answer → Google tool for charting the frequency of use of a word (5)51 DownReveal answer → Filter air – not at home (6,3)91 DownReveal answer → 17th century Spanish libertine (3,4)72 DownReveal answer → Slags off Crystal (5)52 DownReveal answer → Fail to warm up sufficiently before start of game – one’s likely to lose (8)82 DownReveal answer → T S __, author of Four Quartets (5)53 DownReveal answer → Paid to play, somewhat unwarrantedly (5)53 DownReveal answer → Before artist put on the canvas new religious work (5)53 DownReveal answer → Stuart __, E B White’s fictional mouse (6)64 DownReveal answer → Feel sad? Come in (5,4)94 DownReveal answer → Top table? Well, I eat elsewhere in the end (5)54 DownReveal answer → Tyrant having massive difficulty suppressing resistance (3,7)105 DownReveal answer → Beating from punch, getting cut before sound of the bell (6)65 DownReveal answer → Stimulate with wild excitation (10)106 DownReveal answer → Domesticated camelid from South America (5)56 DownReveal answer → Rugby Union club having straight rugby posts? (5)56 DownReveal answer → Perhaps copper maintains good power – it might retain output from battery for consumer (6)67 DownReveal answer → Pretty certain con is set-up – sucker not Yankee (4-2)68 DownReveal answer → Get rid of glove box; keep spare wheel at the back (5)511 DownReveal answer → __ “Che” Guevara? (7)712 DownReveal answer → Nasty cut in jacket (5)512 DownReveal answer → Pavel __, Enterprise navigator in the Star Trek films (6)613 DownReveal answer → Space in Accident and Emergency? Visibly astonished (5)513 DownReveal answer → Not initially bad weather for swimming in spring? (9)914 DownReveal answer → French city known for its ruined bridge (7)715 DownReveal answer → Romeo during passion done in a flash (9)916 DownReveal answer → Ocean vessel docked for a major route (8)817 DownReveal answer → Biblical figure formed from rib inspiring epistle (6)618 DownReveal answer → __ Schumann, composer and pianist (5)518 DownReveal answer → Camp __, US presidential retreat (5)519 DownReveal answer → They hold balls in opening of Royal Ascot racing (6)620 DownReveal answer → Body in zone for running during training (6)621 DownReveal answer → Criticise old following Conservative Party (5)523 DownReveal answer → Old singer, ace, supporting Spice Girl (5)524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, May 30, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.