Daily Express Crossword August 26 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword August 26 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

PoorlySICK4Across1 After delivering coal, father has a drinkALCOPOP7Across1 ObviousMANIFEST8Across3 She has a title for bet after partyDOWAGER7Across5 CollideBUMP4Across8 WarilyGINGERLY8Across9 Thoroughly hot flute performance by lakeTOTHEFULL9Across9 Awards include old instrumentsOBOES5Across10 Alternatively, gone off to get a herbOREGANO7Across11 MatchlessINCOMPARABLE12Across11 Sterile apes developed twitchASEPTIC7Across12 HelmTILLER6Across13 Log wave as the biggest everRECORDBREAKER13Across13 UnadornedSIMPLE6Across14 DisobedientRECALCITRANT12Across17 Short reptile film showing connectorALLIGATORCLIP13Across18 LudicrousFARCICAL8Across20 Split decor, unusually, around fourDIVORCE7Across20 Give wayCEDE4Across21 WizardSORCERER8Across22 AdoFUSS4Across23 Use aria about a lot of landEURASIA7Across23 Loner managed to sign upENROL5Across25 I curtsied, setting off coarse deedsCRUDITIES9Across26 Rob notes wreckDESPOIL7Across27 Follows light on conveyanceDOGSLED7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Writer is a universal deityAUTHOR6Down1 TemperanceSOBRIETY8Down1 DrollCOMICAL7Down2 Pet herald destroyed buildingCATHEDRAL9Down2 Quiet thanks outside - that is a religious artworkPIETA5Down3 BeastANIMAL6Down4 Tycoon is an animated character to cart aboutPLUTOCRAT9Down4 InsinuateINGRATIATE10Down5 Model taken to include mouthDELTA5Down5 Entire dinner, say - some breadWHOLEMEAL9Down6 EnlistENROL5Down6 Germany's top presenter, in spiritGHOST5Down7 PlaythingsTOYS4Down7 The others prompt to get right medical treatmentRESTCURE8Down8 CommandingIMPERATIVE10Down10 UneasyRESTLESS8Down12 Smoker concocted garlic oilCIGARILLO9Down14 TablelandPLATEAU7Down15 Bread cube fashioned and cookedBARBECUED9Down15 AbradeSCRAPE6Down16 Retained photograph and made no movementKEPTSTILL9Down16 Promontory comes down to conclusionLANDSEND8Down17 MistakeERROR5Down18 NewtsEFTS4Down19 Went by and didn't failPASSED6Down19 Six registered American infective agentVIRUS5Down21 Overshadow a large size, by the sound of itEXCEL5Down22 Regretting destruction by forceRUING5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 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.