This cryptic crossword puzzle, number 30,109, challenges enthusiasts with a series of cunning clues that promise to test your wits and vocabulary.
Clues Across
9 Across: A term for moulding that references very old collections and administrative spaces (5 letters).
10 Across: Clue involving a fresh parent noted for being reticent, with one leap-oriented garment (9 letters).
11 Across: Engage with a location nearby purportedly engulfed in flames and rendered unfit for use (9 letters).
12 Across: Refer to clue at 28 Down.
13 Across: Acquiring a certain French beverage while ignoring financial constraints for a dwelling place (7 letters).
15 Across: A revolutionary figure circumnavigating Cuba, visiting one of the Americas (7 letters).
17 Across: A Northern textile characteristic of a common garment type (5 letters).
18 Across: An old religious figure minus vitality, terminated (3 letters).
20 Across: A phrase denoting inner relational joy and anticipated greetings (5 letters).
22 Across: Affectionate maternal breed preferences (7 letters).
25 Across: In relation to Tamarindo or certain drink containers, not outside of them (7 letters).
26 Across: Relation of Picasso, following a creative individual, indicating a connection (5 letters).
27 Across: Discusses a type of fish, initially missed, resenting aquatic activities in Californian locales (4,5 letters).
30 Across: Indicates a rise in produce following a small opening, introducing released liquid (9 letters).
31 Across: Describes a noble’s domain, flawed, yet positioned reversed (5 letters).
Clues Down
1 Down: Cross the border of a grassland? (4 letters).
2 Down: A large number of what Spooner might describe as metropolitan citizens (8 letters).
3 Down: A condition one left for employment (4 letters).
4 Down: An absence in Eden that’s divided (5,3 letters).
5 Down: An enigmatic gap (6 letters).
6 Down: Suffered contractions, mistreated, with doctor and solution absent of correctness (10 letters).
7 Down: Constructed, the initial variant of a motor van (6 letters).
8 Down: Initial surprise altered to be trailing (4 letters).
13 Down: An uncovered Irish literary figure alongside a celebrated UNESCO entity (5 letters).
14 Down: Patterned avians, or herbivorous mammals (10 letters).
16 Down: See clue 26 Down.
19 Down: Speculation of Rodri in France potentially indulging (8 letters).
21 Down: A mechanism to depart, quietly activating a lavatory shelter (8 letters).
23 Down: Referring to a type of kite replacing an older English version (6 letters).
24 Down: A gentleman, described using Spanish terminology for a renowned lover, drawing up clothing items (6 letters).
26 Down, 16 Down: Maintains presence around harbour, reassessing destinations in the Big Apple (4,5 letters).
28 Down, 12 Down: Discusses discarding packaging for Trump’s ‘highly negative’ photo upon return (4,5 letters).
29 Down: Refers to a teaching tool inverting (4 letters).
Reporting based on coverage first published by theguardian.com.