The Guardian Crossword August 14 2026 Answers
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Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 14 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 64 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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Feature of everyday speech (13)COLLOQUIALISM13Across1
Senses uncivil rioting – the participation of everybody? (13)INCLUSIVENESS13Across1
eg Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Producer or Director (5)BAFTA5Across1
From the countryside (5)RURAL5Across6
Venue for an Oasis gig (5)ARENA5Across7
Washing load that may go on a lower setting (5)DARKS5Across8
On paper, they’re friends (3,4)PENPALS7Across8
Sycophant (5)TOADY5Across9
Word preceding ‘Ferdinand’ or ‘Fleurs du Mal’ (3)LES3Across9
Killed – a large number (4)SLEW4Across10
Exclamation of success after recalling devil woman? (7)NATASHA7Across10
Tramp beside Cambridge river taking in one feature of arboreal growth (7)CAMBIUM7Across11
Tree-dwelling (8)ARBOREAL8Across11
Mean for one to return rubbish (3,2)GETAT5Across12
Woman’s concealing a way with detectives and juice (4,5)HARDCIDER9Across13
Shrewd (6)ASTUTE6Across13
Light bit of rest in hospital bed rejected (5)TORCH5Across14
Deliberately avoid (6)ESCHEW6Across14
Fascist movement? Sees to changes among Republicans (5,4)GOOSESTEP9Across16
Retreat (8)HIDEAWAY8Across17
Mean types ruined online transactions (1-8)EPAYMENTS9Across18
Wide expanse of uncultivated ground (4)MOOR4Across19
Book launch finally having a lot of similar military material (5)KHAKI5Across19
Relieved apprehension in various readers about The Guardians volte-face (9)REASSURED9Across20
Adhesive – tasteless (5)TACKY5Across21
Masonic or mayoral fancy dress? (7)REGALIA7Across22
Where many maps show Alaska and Hawaii? This month around Spain (5)INSET5Across23
Microscopic (13)INFINITESIMAL13Across24
Note excellent view, largely ingenuous (7)NAIVIST7Across24
Offensive is torpedoing rotating satellite close to home (7)NOISOME7Across25
Maine – Eastern and petite, possibly (4,4,5)PINETREESTATE13Across26
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Price or shower? (3)CAP3Down1
Small tapering nail with a side projection instead of a head (4)BRAD4Down1
North American cheers most of experiment involving old swimming pools (9)NATATORIA9Down2
Relating to hearing (5)AURAL5Down2
Merciful (7)LENIENT7Down2
___ Jacques (5)FRERE5Down3
Composer’s inclination for radio broadcast? (5)LISZT5Down3
So-so (4)OKAY4Down3
Dubious (6)UNSURE6Down4
Hidden material – timber under stone (5)STASH5Down4
Loses points in tennis deliberately – aquarium supplies (5)TANKS5Down4
‘I hate to say it, but … ’ (4)ALAS4Down5
Non-mainstream (film) (3-5)ARTHOUSE8Down5
Malevolent, grabbing a lot of power at second hand (9)VICARIOUS9Down5
Dopy (5)INANE5Down6
Mention Australian mechanics – something audacious about that (9)NAMECHECK9Down6
Spring blossom (9)MAYFLOWER9Down7
Travelled in winter, perhaps raised aloft (5)SKIED5Down7
Adventurous types in middle of Hawkins – broadcast of Stranger Things two-thirds complete (7,6)KNIGHTSERRANT13Down8
The writer’s supporting Minister (mostly) about relationship and scandalous behaviours (13)IMPROPRIETIES13Down9
Strap, squash or junction (9)SPAGHETTI9Down10
Don’t get carried away! (6,2)STEADYON8Down12
Gangster (7)HOODLUM7Down15
Source of heavy band equipment on charter in southern county (9)HAMPSHIRE9Down15
Tempting vegetable? (6)CARROT6Down16
Something that makes classes rushed? Not entirely (9)GENERATOR9Down16
Coaches? Coaches left after I disembarked (9)TRANSPORT9Down17
Coffee that won’t keep you up (5)DECAF5Down18
An eternity (4)AGES4Down20
Excuse a sexual impulse, but not act (5)ALIBI5Down21
Italian writer not ultimately hosted by another European (5)DANTE5Down22
One heartless sod is stupid (5)IDIOT5Down23
Everyone (3)ALL3Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, August 14, 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.