Daily Express Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword August 21 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 54 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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Old bouncer turned into top chefCORDONBLEU10Across1 Harsh crySCREECH7Across4 Employed American journalistUSED4Across6 VersePOETRY6Across8 DisbelieverINFIDEL7Across9 Bets about getting elderly - most braveBOLDEST7Across10 CatchENTRAP6Across10 Trendy remains of castle get spoiledINRUINS7Across11 Tropical flowerORCHID6Across11 LazySLOTHFUL8Across12 Not serious, adding time and distanceLIGHTYEAR9Across12 Dance? Sauce!SALSA5Across13 Selected huge revolutionary to go roundCHOSE5Across14 True Roman revolutionary finds part of a fractionNUMERATOR9Across15 Victory, taking small coins around part of AmericaWISCONSIN9Across17 RansomedREDEEMED8Across18 CollisionIMPACT6Across20 Forged form of energy in crazeFAKED5Across20 Ardent loverADORER6Across21 Get ready for scripture lessons by writerRIPEN5Across21 AkinRELATED7Across22 Spring flowerCROCUS6Across23 Perform a turn with friend, of courseNATURALLY9Across23 Owing toBECAUSE7Across24 Official enquiry during searchINQUEST7Across25 Neil wasted time in descentLINEAGE7Across26 Animals from the westEWES4Across27 Defensive position in game with chiefBRIDGEHEAD10Across28

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Plotters get taxi to take a leftCABAL5Down1 PacifyAPPEASE7Down1 GarlandFESTOON7Down2 Girl wandering around east promises to be devoutRELIGIOUS9Down2 Some medicine finished on the tableOVERTHECOUNTER14Down3 RuptureBREACH6Down3 Bird gets beer before noonBITTERN7Down4 Saying farm animals are behind the conclusionEPIGRAM7Down5 SolacedCONSOLED8Down5 ManifestEVINCE6Down6 It makes spirits quietSTILL5Down7 ClergymanCLERIC6Down7 Gave up, finding couple in wicked deedsDESPAIRED9Down8 Check angry mentionCROSSREFERENCE14Down9 ConifersFIRTREES8Down13 EnclaspEMBRACE7Down14 A crow, distressed on cube, displaying yellow qualityCOWARDICE9Down14 Speak toADDRESS7Down15 Accept permission and say goodbyeTAKELEAVE9Down16 Unit of currentAMPERE6Down16 FruitBANANA6Down17 Treason upset politicianSENATOR7Down18 Remain firmENDURE6Down19 Daughter, behind plant, gets irritatedNETTLED7Down19 We hear summit provides irritationPIQUE5Down22 Profit from surrenderYIELD5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, August 21, 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.