or:

30 * * * * echo "run every half hour"
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And then verify that the hour is not % 2 to run every half hour in the script.

Psudocode:

if (! $currenthour % 2) { 
dostuff; 
} else { 
exit 0; #oopsie it is an even hour just exit
}
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-Waswas