Daily Express Crossword August 22 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword August 22 2026 answers. The Saturday 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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Map makerCARTOGRAPHER12Across1 Improved class introduced to marsh plantREFORMED8Across1 Saint about to meet ship revealing pressureSTRESS6Across5 LessMINUS5Across7 BlemishSTAIN5Across8 Make mistakesERR3Across9 Selected groupCOMMITTEE9Across10 Third offer - a base arranged for similar peopleBIRDSOFAFEATHER15Across10 PowerfulPOTENT6Across11 Large worker with hesitation getting new lampLANTERN7Across11 MiddleCENTRE6Across12 Vulnerable former partner initially distressed about attitudeEXPOSED7Across12 A man collecting US soldier and volunteers, flusteredAGITATED8Across13 HastyIMPATIENT9Across15 Creepy European seen beside lakeEERIE5Across15 AgedOLD3Across17 Tropical climbing plantLIANA5Across18 Sweltering, the Spanish innHOTEL5Across18 LeadLEASH5Across19 Strange guys taking time with small scrapsODDMENTS8Across20 IncontrovertibleUNANSWERABLE12Across21 Self-important politician with ring enters post office with usPOMPOUS7Across23 Syrup making cat reel badlyTREACLE7Across25 Children see foal wandering from student accommodationHALLOFRESIDENCE15Across26 Sea robber with baked dish carrying rodentPIRATE6Across27 He's seen with man, not as rashHEEDLESS8Across28

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A couple of bachelors in river with the French mobRABBLE6Down1 DespicableCONTEMPTIBLE12Down1 Stronghold near town originally used for two weeksFORTNIGHT9Down2 PossessOWN3Down2 SummaryRESUME6Down3 Some more spectators showing considerationRESPECT7Down3 TroublesomePESTILENT9Down4 Small and delicate head of English, 50, with fellow at homeELFIN5Down4 PreciseEXACT5Down5 Trudge wearily from wild partiesTRAIPSE7Down6 Self-directionINDEPENDENCE12Down6 Characteristic attitudes firstly enraging ThomasETHOS5Down7 DeserveMERIT5Down7 Quiet communist with the German device for destroying documentsSHREDDER8Down8 Bad journalist letting in goal being insultedOFFENDED8Down9 ForceCONSTRAIN9Down10 FangTOOTH5Down13 DonFELLOW6Down14 Strange sort sure to produce this garmentTROUSERS8Down14 EvidentPLAIN5Down16 Reserve finding recent ice breakingRETICENCE9Down16 Hurry up getting two pieces of meatCHOPCHOP8Down17 Appearance unacceptable for person keeping watchLOOKOUT7Down19 TuneAIR3Down20 Half of them finished and correctedEMENDED7Down21 Alcove used for parliamentary breakRECESS6Down22 Athlete, male one, left with former queenMILER5Down24 Flavour detected in Rita's teacakeTASTE5Down25

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Saturday, August 22, 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.