The Guardian Cryptic Answers - Monday, 30th May 2022 There are 13 across clues and 17 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Monday, 30th May 2022. View the answers below.. Also try..All The Guardian Cryptic AnswersAll PublicationsThe AnswersNumber# Clue Answer AAcross 9: Reason to restrict availability of alcoholRATIONALEAAcross 10: Busy pub talk is essentially quite ordinaryUSUALAAcross 11: Quiet one moving east carrying a signalSALIENTAAcross 12: Case is plain with ivory top inlaidPATIENTAAcross 13: Note skin damage — it's huge, man!TITANAAcross 14: Initial deal that comes through personal experienceFIRSTHANDAAcross 16: The cool cat a poet made up is absolutely uselessCHOCOLATETEAPOTAAcross 19: Club rates redesigned so they are easy to understandSCRUTABLEAAcross 21: I leave country hotel to find wineSYRAHAAcross 22: A municipality confiscating papers causes bitternessACIDITYAAcross 23: Ulster artist holding lead is just blissNIRVANAAAcross 24: Tolerate a new wife moving right outABIDEAAcross 25: First officer who looks after himself, primarily?NUMBER ONEDDown 1: The facts are these: freewheeling stars will break apart defenceBRASSTACKSDDown 2: Weapon some strap to their feetSTILETTODDown 3: Get moving to improve method of seductionCOME-ONDDown 4: Direction provided by leaders of Europe at summit talksEASTDDown 5: It preserves well-concealed architectural feature, they sayDEEP-FREEZEDDown 5: It preserves well-concealed architectural feature, they sayDEEPFREEZEDDown 6: It is part of nuanced way to explain foreign filmSUBTITLEDDown 7: Drake rueful for holding up announcement of discoveryEUREKADDown 8: Fool horse with backwards lookCLOTDDown 14: Theatrical fellow houses son in apartmentFLAMBOYANTDDown 15: Girl who can cast spells? Spooner says it's dullDITCHWATERDDown 17: One is unlikely to be successful changing our dietsOUTSIDERDDown 18: Ring round after entrance to find where you can goPORTALOODDown 20: Check on home twiceREIN INDDown 21: Sweet shop robbed as regulars left on timeSORBETDDown 22: Act slowly and prevaricate; initially not what this demandedASAPDDown 23: Nobody in Rome raised warningNEMO