Daily Express Crossword August 20 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword August 20 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 52 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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DiplomatsAMBASSADORS11Across1 Sincere intentions in sofabed designBONAFIDES9Across1 Get rid of an outbuildingSHED4Across6 PlacePUT3Across9 Best thing about some paperCREAM5Across10 RespectableREPUTABLE9Across10 DisagreeableNASTY5Across11 Crawler is less fizzy with hesitationFLATTERER9Across11 Explosive answer initially concerning varnishSHELLAC7Across12 DetermineRESOLVE7Across13 Writer puts one weapon out for an emperor, sayPENGUIN7Across13 Fairy kingOBERON6Across14 At home, to seize is improperINAPPROPRIATE13Across14 DesireASPIRE6Across16 Small animal keeping small financial stakesSHAREHOLDINGS13Across17 PerformerARTISTE7Across18 Ate dinnerDINED5Across19 Installed as bishopENTHRONED9Across20 FirearmGUN3Across21 Tribes getting energy, and more energy, to purgeCLEANSE7Across21 UnceremoniousFREEANDEASY11Across22 Peg - New Age adolescentTEENAGE7Across22 Different rationale for offenderALIENATOR9Across24 Criticise cookROAST5Across25 Beams in lift, by the sound of itRAYS4Across26 They write stories about doormenREPORTERS9Across27

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Support interpretation showing racket's influenceBACKSPIN8Down1 Relative is English in French resortNIECE5Down2 EncounteredMET3Down2 Issue management?FAMILYPLANNING14Down3 DispositionARRAY5Down3 Daughter to face trouble that's realDEFACTO7Down4 GrandSUPERB6Down4 Run to second mobile homeSCAMPER7Down5 AbhorsDETESTS7Down5 UprisingREBELLION9Down6 Unlace her ensemble - arduousHERCULEAN9Down7 DogmaticOPINIONATED11Down7 EternalNEVERENDING11Down8 Brave to call attorney firstDARING6Down8 Usual courier is a leaderSTANDARDBEARER14Down9 Looker-onSPECTATOR9Down12 Developing a tyre suit - that's hardshipAUSTERITY9Down15 WatchOBSERVE7Down15 A boss set about getting banned substanceASBESTOS8Down16 Small flagPENNON6Down17 Rider happening to join former queenEVENTER7Down18 EvadeDODGE5Down19 Unacceptable to harvest rock formationOUTCROP7Down19 Clear problem eating current cakeECLAIR6Down20 A fuelGAS3Down21 Nowadays have time for a maximADAGE5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Thursday, August 20, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.