The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 May 01

• A river down below capital of Zimbabwe in shade (5,4) Crossword Clue
• Austrian maestro with an uber-Germanic piece (4) Crossword Clue
• Capacity remains for out-of-this-world 23 (5,4) Crossword Clue
• Chance to win big wasted, lead blown (5) Crossword Clue
• Child, and corn she has on the backside? (2,3,4) Crossword Clue
• Difficult work, or not, opening present (7) Crossword Clue
• Divorcee, after breaking up, froze (4,4) Crossword Clue
• Dreary lecture, reportedly - that would never take off (5,3) Crossword Clue
• Eat around a fire (6) Crossword Clue
• Explicit case of wood in tree (5) Crossword Clue
• Extra tests: restrain oneself, turning tail (6) Crossword Clue
• For 'haunt', try entering an anagram of that! (4-3) Crossword Clue
• Old scandalmonger keeping politicians in check (8) Crossword Clue
• Out-of-this-world 23 coming together, system rapidly forming (9,6) Crossword Clue
• Out-of-this-world 23, smashing stuff in the kitchen? (6,7) Crossword Clue
• Out-of-this-world 23 warps beam (4,3) Crossword Clue
• Question having caught cold: is spring here? (4,4) Crossword Clue
• Rags, those sent abroad, insufficient amounts (9) Crossword Clue
• Recovered, trouble far from islander (6) Crossword Clue
• Say no more, narcissist has doffed cap for supreme Being (5) Crossword Clue
• See 1 Crossword Clue
• See 17 Crossword Clue
• See 24 Across Crossword Clue
• Some birds pecked others (8) Crossword Clue
• Song about India in raga oddly similar in sound (7) Crossword Clue
• Sweet thing, flower impressed by dancing when excited (7,5) Crossword Clue
• Use unknown technique for out-of-this-world 23 (5,3) Crossword Clue
• Very much for the love of God! (9) Crossword Clue
• Vicious swine sent back in time machine (6) Crossword Clue
• Weed in pig's ear? (4) Crossword Clue