The Guardian Crossword August 15 2026 Answers
Saturday puzzle · 81 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 15 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 81 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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The flag of England used by FIFA (2,7,5)STGEORGES9Across
The flag of Northern Ireland used by FIFA (6,6)ULSTER6Across
Welsh for the red dragon in the flag of 18 (1,6,4)YDDRAIG7Across
All noobs could make party decorations (8)BALLOONS8Across1
Bad-tempered (6)CRABBY6Across1
Smirking, perhaps (4)SMUG4Across1
Devastation (5)HAVOC5Across4
Michael who played a memorable Scrooge (5)CAINE5Across5
__ Godesberg, spa town in Germany (3)BAD3Across6
Scrappy figure, from ends of leftover sofa covering and merino wool material (3,4)RAGDOLL7Across6
Tax dodger’s nightmare (5)AUDIT5Across6
___ K. ___, Three Men in a Boat author (6)JEROME6Across7
Ban not over for beastly doctor (3)VET3Across7
Facts ‘n’ figures (5)STATS5Across7
Hardy heroine (4)TESS4Across8
Opposed (6)AVERSE6Across8
Logo I redesigned for shelter in the north (5)IGLOO5Across9
Bit of orange peel (4)PITH4Across9
Free trade alliance made up of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (4)EFTA4Across10
Call English beauty (5)BELLE5Across10
Giant (8)ENORMOUS8Across10
The time in John Berendt’s Garden of Good and Evil? (8)MIDNIGHT8Across11
Small bricks no good to make lion (3)LEO3Across11
Struggling (4-7)HARDPRESSED11Across12
Nutcase’s second place of torture (5)SHELL5Across12
Desert pool’s old, with nothing changed (5)OASIS5Across14
US theatre award avoided by new play (3)TOY3Across16
Untaxed – yet Freud (anag) (4-4)DUTYFREE8Across17
Mount Snowdon in Welsh (2,6)YRWYDDFA8Across17
Last bits of this hot chilli lobster chowder trouble for mixer (7)STIRRER7Across17
Sci-fi movie craft his parts differently (8)STARSHIP8Across18
Post, leg or hurrah (4)LAST4Across19
In Chinese philosophy, the active male principle of the universe (4)YANG4Across19
Arouse (6)EXCITE6Across20
Numb (6)DEADEN6Across21
The flag of Scotland used by FIFA (7)SALTIRE7Across22
Bits of a comb or saw (5)TEETH5Across22
The __, magazine founded by Richard Ingrams in 1992 (5)OLDIE5Across23
Document proving who you are (2,4)IDCARD6Across23
Special forces unit of the British Army (3)SAS3Across24
Lord __, military commander remembered in part for appearing on an army recruiting poster (9)KITCHENER9Across25
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Treasure (eg a memory) (7)CHERISH7Down1
Bread in pack by eastern lake (5)BAGEL5Down1
Fry lightly and quickly (5)SAUTE5Down1
__ Coeur, church in Paris (5)SACRE5Down1
Crap cleaner will shampoo lino floor to feel useful, finally (3,4)LOOROLL7Down2
One more (7)ANOTHER7Down2
King known to be touchy? (5)MIDAS5Down2
Part of the larynx consisting of the vocal cords and the opening between them (7)GLOTTIS7Down2
Single complete domestic fixtures combining what are sometimes separate parts (5)UNITS5Down3
Bird dish, not British (3)OWL3Down3
Apiarist (9)BEEKEEPER9Down3
Great __, river flowing through Bedford (4)OUSE4Down3
New endings to brighten demo TV programme reel (5)NOVEL5Down4
Polish city, neighbour of Gdansk (6)GDYNIA6Down4
Loiter anxiously (5)HOVER5Down4
Obtains (4)GETS4Down4
Teaches alien Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, perhaps (8)TRAINSET8Down5
District of south-east London once home to David Bowie and Eleanor Marx (8)SYDENHAM8Down5
All the actors in a show (4)CAST4Down5
Rambling – observe (anag) (7)VERBOSE7Down5
Melvyn __, author and television presenter (5)BRAGG5Down6
Pecorino or paneer? (6)CHEESE6Down6
Another name for Sirius (3,4)DOGSTAR7Down7
Rue tears about precious belongings (8)TREASURE8Down8
Studious snob, so blotto drunk, alibi proves zilch, ultimately (7)BOOKISH7Down10
Unlimited (4-5)OPENENDED9Down11
__ Lamar, American rapper (8)KENDRICK8Down12
A poem by Tennyson – or a novel by Joyce (7)ULYSSES7Down13
A, an or the? (7)ARTICLE7Down13
African country, for example – year, part time (5)EGYPT5Down13
Bit of dried fruit (7)SULTANA7Down14
London district whose fictional football team is managed by Ron Knee? (7)NEASDEN7Down15
Prost’s unusual grumpy sulk (5)STROP5Down15
Come down (7)DESCEND7Down15
The Doppler __, also known as the Doppler shift (6)EFFECT6Down16
Most peculiar (6)ODDEST6Down16
Gentleman taking ecstasy from father (3)SIR3Down17
Jimmy __, co-founder of Wikipedia (5)WALES5Down18
Carry companion? (5)FETCH5Down18
Germaine __, author of The Female Eunuch (5)GREER5Down20
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, August 15, 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.