Daily Express Crossword August 5 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword August 5 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#

Wipes upMOPS4Across1 A Catholic peer reveals his storyACCOUNT7Across1 CrucialCRITICAL8Across3 Demonic, as I can't moveSATANIC7Across5 TumultRIOT4Across8 BetteredIMPROVED8Across9 Sack put behind hearthFIREPLACE9Across9 A profit once moreAGAIN5Across10 Different arrangement, as carthorse would be for orchestraANAGRAM7Across11 SeldomINFREQUENTLY12Across11 The French after an opera of the same proportionsTOSCALE7Across12 BeltGIRDLE6Across13 Depressed by convenience in a profitless situationDOWNTHETOILET13Across13 TarryLINGER6Across14 EsteemAPPRECIATION12Across17 Dynamic duo with time for some poetryHEROICCOUPLET13Across18 CommonwealthREPUBLIC8Across20 Daughter learns about getting round defamationSLANDER7Across20 Homeless childWAIF4Across21 SuppliedPURVEYED8Across22 ProphetSEER4Across23 Decent assortment has one temptedENTICED7Across23 Behold employment for a parasiteLOUSE5Across25 Meat and slime cooked when food is dueMEALTIMES9Across26 Test ruined by boy - that's on his headSTETSON7Across27 Mammal can include a ruinTAMARIN7Across28

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Fight man after a couple of other fellowsAFFRAY6Down1 WeddingMARRIAGE8Down1 TenderPROFFER7Down2 Herb carried no recipeCORIANDER9Down2 Part of shoe is superiorUPPER5Down3 Popular reportRUMOUR6Down4 Volunteers to take a rum cocktail - twitch becomes shockingTRAUMATIC9Down4 OppressiveTYRANNICAL10Down5 Cleaned middle of passage and criedSWEPT5Down5 The first load's too rushed - that's toxicTOADSTOOL9Down6 PoliteCIVIL5Down6 Many alarmed holding antelopeNYALA5Down7 Swimming poolLIDO4Down7 Agreement on old compositionCONCERTO8Down8 GrievousDEPLORABLE10Down10 ConveyTRANSFER8Down12 Dire news about singular strange qualityWEIRDNESS9Down14 Facial contortionGRIMACE7Down15 Cheerful old banter about following unionEXUBERANT9Down15 WriterSCRIBE6Down16 Camel tore off, but he's still not on timeLATECOMER9Down16 The list set out small national symbolsTHISTLES8Down17 DissertationPAPER5Down18 StumbleTRIP4Down19 Inventor is done getting confusedEDISON6Down19 Entertain a source of inspirationAMUSE5Down21 Manor laid out for old ItalianROMAN5Down22 Add space for symbolTOTEM5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Wednesday, August 5, 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.