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Daily Express Crossword August 28 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword August 28 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 56 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#
OverrideQUASH5Across1 Supports objection to locksBUTTRESSES10Across1 DauntsDISMAYS7Across4 Halt socialists' initial summitSTOP4Across6 CalendarALMANAC7Across8 SufficientAMPLE5Across9 A cup seen to wither awayATROPHY7Across10 CoarseRUDE4Across10 Adventurer out eeling had to divertREROUTE7Across11 QuadrupleFOURFOLD8Across11 Feigned an arrangement that was very loudDEAFENING9Across12 University seen to spread out and developENSUE5Across13 CookCHEF4Across13 Dull hurtACHE4Across14 Bean shows a sign of lifePULSE5Across14 Leave note on behalf of offer? Surely notGODFORBID9Across15 ConicalTAPERING8Across16 RolePART4Across17 Pressure making prisoner severeCONSTRICT9Across17 LiftRAISE5Across20 Loud student song shows a degree of panacheFLAIR5Across20 FrightenUNNERVE7Across21 Should have nothing, but not initiallyOUGHT5Across21 MercifulLENIENT7Across22 UrgePRESS5Across23 Endless crisis, the last arrivalEMERGENCE9Across23 Engineers exam left improvementREVIVAL7Across25 Tailor's first treats, sadly in ragsTATTERS7Across26 Look after the intellectMIND4Across27 Rejoiced, being popularCELEBRATED10Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Group gets end of guitar to markBRAND5Down1 Four-sidedQUADRILATERAL13Down1 Fellow in train organising coverTARPAULIN9Down2 With weaponsARMED5Down2 Typical agentREPRESENTATIVE14Down3 WorkerHAND4Down3 Spotting ringleader in group of agentsSPYRING7Down4 PhysicianDOCTOR6Down4 Point danger out, furiousENRAGED7Down5 Irish emblemSHAMROCK8Down5 CommendAPPROVE7Down6 Faith almost succeeded getting supportTRUSS5Down7 ResolutionSTEADFASTNESS13Down7 Title aspirant makes rep alter offerPRETENDER9Down8 Release plane for guerrillaFREEDOMFIGHTER14Down9 Get backRETRIEVE8Down12 HeadingCAPTION7Down13 Drawing and photograph Margot returnedPICTOGRAM9Down14 InequitableUNJUST6Down15 Cooking a brie isn't most cleverBRAINIEST9Down16 ConcurAGREE5Down18 Diamonds run audibly on cold sheetICEFLOE7Down18 FractureSNAP4Down19 The others let off about frameworkTRESTLE7Down19 Provided information around fourGIVEN5Down22 Stopped, not having started, relievedEASED5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, August 28, 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.