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The Guardian Crossword August 17 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 69 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 17 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 69 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#
Init.s for a stat indicating obesity or otherwise (3)BMI3Across1 Adrenal, sebaceous etc (6)GLANDS6Across1 Euro predecessor (5)FRANC5Across4 Part of footwear, often protective (6)TOECAP6Across4 Like some notepaper or drawers (5)LINED5Across6 Alternatives to taxis (5)UBERS5Across7 ‘Let’s play ___ of three’ (4)BEST4Across8 Young Italian child Italian (7)BAMBINO7Across9 Not the first to risk travel at a leisurely pace (5)AMBLE5Across9 Butterfly or punctuation mark (5)COMMA5Across10 Rocks falling and getting into dell is ruinous (9)LANDSLIDE9Across10 Old nip of rum I drink too, without finishing first shots (9)ORIGINALS9Across11 Spanish coastal city (5)CADIZ5Across11 Space put by, but oddly nothing inside (5)EMPTY5Across12 Weekly 5k event (7)PARKRUN7Across12 Turned and ran away, clutching Zippo but dropping case (7)FLIPPED7Across13 Go first – strip roof illegally (4,3,4)TAKETHELEAD11Across13 Part in test regarding the way planets travel (7)ORBITAL7Across15 Snow leopard jumps without limits (5)OUNCE5Across17 Harsh fightback (3)RAW3Across18 Formicary – all thin (anag) (7)ANTHILL7Across18 Central pub evacuated earlier (5)INNER5Across20 Web portal – Swift brute (5)YAHOO5Across20 Be taken the wrong way during rendezvous, creating arguments (7)DEBATES7Across22 WW1 plane, Sopwith ___ (5)CAMEL5Across22 Where beans often found (2,5)ONTOAST7Across23 Deny connection with (6)DISOWN6Across24 Naturally produced grain ruined through company backtracking (7)ORGANIC7Across25 West wind – old Ford (6)ZEPHYR6Across25 Pitman’s system finally starts to introduce new, easy recording (5)MINER5Across26 Devout priest, German, in South American city with us (9)RELIGIOUS9Across27 Commanding Officer had info about who’s hunting whom? (4,5)FOODCHAIN9Across30 Constructed crowns of bronze using intricate latticework techniques (5)BUILT5Across31

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Mexican snack stack – hot, without any wrappers (4)TACO4Down1 Return (2,4)GOBACK6Down1 Payment for shady doings (5)BRIBE5Down1 Lions’ prides? (5)MANES5Down2 Forgetfulness leads to open bolts – then four being eaten by wild cat (8)OBLIVION8Down2 Intended – lined up in direction of target (5)AIMED5Down2 ___ gas (5)INERT5Down3 Still one imagined terrifying creature from the Himalayas (4)YETI4Down3 Lemon ___ cake – light rain (7)DRIZZLE7Down3 Botch (4)FLUB4Down4 Sister Edna eloped, heading north, carrying flowering plant (8)OLEANDER8Down4 LPs’ successors in music shops (3)CDS3Down5 In France a supermarket sacking head to become international organisation (6)UNESCO6Down5 Happen (5)OCCUR5Down5 Lake District county (7)CUMBRIA7Down6 Absolute chaos, upset jewellery – piecing it all together? (10)ASSEMBLING10Down6 Tiger, Dublin Bay and Atlantic (6)PRAWNS6Down7 Floppy elephant with no stuffing for clingy type (6)LIMPET6Down7 Complete a vertical, circular turn (4,3,4)LOOPTHELOOP11Down8 Tax bill came at last – virtually cleared out (4)LEVY4Down8 Scourge of old? (5)FLOOD5Down13 Greek goddess – moon-exploration programme (7)ARTEMIS7Down14 Our copter’s flying around island territory (6,4)PUERTORICO10Down14 Baby’s set of clothing (7)LAYETTE7Down15 Inadvertently Rickrolled – but only part of the words! (5)LYRIC5Down16 Spoiled, sour (as with fats or oils) (6)RANCID6Down16 Medic (6)DOCTOR6Down17 Relative by marriage (2-3)INLAW5Down19 An odd owl disturbed some trees (8)WOODLAND8Down19 Ledger, row or cliff? (5)HEATH5Down21 Safe ‘n’ sound? Two extinct every second! (3-5)NONTOXIC8Down21 Welsh city’s non-governmental organisation gathered by bar (6)BANGOR6Down23 Flow of vapour engulfing opening of railway (6)STREAM6Down24 Greek character with very loud furry garment (4)MUFF4Down26 Desert old boy, captured by US soldier (4)GOBI4Down28 Place, place and, finally, place (4)SITE4Down29

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Monday, August 17, 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.