The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Friday, 30th October 2020 There are 16 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 30th October 2020. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 1: Peacekeeper's unhappy with king eating vegetable? On the contrary!BLUEBERETAAcross 6: River Ouse's outsides removed by thinkerCAMUSAAcross 9: More angry, wanting a 27SORERAAcross 10: Heartless darkness I tempt to return, finding blood filtersGLOMERULIAAcross 11: Duke's number 501, absorbed by what cow says to dogMOODINDIGOAAcross 12: Ran fingers over fabricFELTAAcross 14: Marx on track for coffee substituteCHICORYAAcross 15: Current putting Hamlet right offTHERMALAAcross 17: Mixing tea with glue produces tilesTEGULAEAAcross 19: Short emperor absorbing a study of brilliant passageCADENZAAAcross 20: Despair, on reflection, engulfs part of churchAPSEAAcross 22: Tact displayed by papers turning on product of gland lacking energyDISCRETIONAAcross 25: Director in love, thanks to diatribe beforehandTARANTINOAAcross 26: Hard work producing implantGRAFTAAcross 27: Almost wake up to trailblazerCOMETAAcross 28: Was moderator keeping time for 5?MEDITATEDDDown 1: Bust — or its opposite, hiding beginning of slumpBOSOMDDown 2: Pulling out of excursion not beginning to involve top of purple jumperUPROOTINGDDown 3: Doll endlessly receiving one list from conductorBARBIROLLIDDown 4: Fix casually? Strictly!RIGIDLYDDown 5: Initially, Huxley should get considerationTHOUGHTDDown 6: Boasted of oarspeopleCREWDDown 7: Contemplate securing round bit of IT equipmentMOUSEDDown 8: Spark second girl to secure one collection of booksSCINTILLADDown 13: Waded out to 6, having heavy burdenDEAD WEIGHTDDown 13: Waded out to 6, having heavy burdenDEADWEIGHTDDown 14: Cleaning woman's lorryCATHARTICDDown 16: Recovery is impossible for me, poor creatureMENDICANTDDown 18: Raised paper hat once, concealing one form of discriminationELITISMDDown 19: Horn-wearer's bird dropping round to have lunch and dinner, initiallyCUCKOLDDDown 21: Melee gets papers crumpled, somewhatSCRUMDDown 23: Recorded being famousNOTEDDDown 24: Insect to dance about endlesslyGNAT