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The Guardian Crossword August 17 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 69 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 69 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 17 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Init.s for a stat indicating obesity or otherwise (3)31 AcrossReveal answer → Adrenal, sebaceous etc (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Euro predecessor (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Part of footwear, often protective (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Like some notepaper or drawers (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Alternatives to taxis (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → ‘Let’s play ___ of three’ (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Young Italian child Italian (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Not the first to risk travel at a leisurely pace (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Butterfly or punctuation mark (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Rocks falling and getting into dell is ruinous (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Old nip of rum I drink too, without finishing first shots (9)911 AcrossReveal answer → Spanish coastal city (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Space put by, but oddly nothing inside (5)512 AcrossReveal answer → Weekly 5k event (7)712 AcrossReveal answer → Turned and ran away, clutching Zippo but dropping case (7)713 AcrossReveal answer → Go first – strip roof illegally (4,3,4)1113 AcrossReveal answer → Part in test regarding the way planets travel (7)715 AcrossReveal answer → Snow leopard jumps without limits (5)517 AcrossReveal answer → Harsh fightback (3)318 AcrossReveal answer → Formicary – all thin (anag) (7)718 AcrossReveal answer → Central pub evacuated earlier (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → Web portal – Swift brute (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → Be taken the wrong way during rendezvous, creating arguments (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → WW1 plane, Sopwith ___ (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Where beans often found (2,5)723 AcrossReveal answer → Deny connection with (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Naturally produced grain ruined through company backtracking (7)725 AcrossReveal answer → West wind – old Ford (6)625 AcrossReveal answer → Pitman’s system finally starts to introduce new, easy recording (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Devout priest, German, in South American city with us (9)927 AcrossReveal answer → Commanding Officer had info about who’s hunting whom? (4,5)930 AcrossReveal answer → Constructed crowns of bronze using intricate latticework techniques (5)531 AcrossReveal answer →

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Mexican snack stack – hot, without any wrappers (4)41 DownReveal answer → Return (2,4)61 DownReveal answer → Payment for shady doings (5)51 DownReveal answer → Lions’ prides? (5)52 DownReveal answer → Forgetfulness leads to open bolts – then four being eaten by wild cat (8)82 DownReveal answer → Intended – lined up in direction of target (5)52 DownReveal answer → ___ gas (5)53 DownReveal answer → Still one imagined terrifying creature from the Himalayas (4)43 DownReveal answer → Lemon ___ cake – light rain (7)73 DownReveal answer → Botch (4)44 DownReveal answer → Sister Edna eloped, heading north, carrying flowering plant (8)84 DownReveal answer → LPs’ successors in music shops (3)35 DownReveal answer → In France a supermarket sacking head to become international organisation (6)65 DownReveal answer → Happen (5)55 DownReveal answer → Lake District county (7)76 DownReveal answer → Absolute chaos, upset jewellery – piecing it all together? (10)106 DownReveal answer → Tiger, Dublin Bay and Atlantic (6)67 DownReveal answer → Floppy elephant with no stuffing for clingy type (6)67 DownReveal answer → Complete a vertical, circular turn (4,3,4)118 DownReveal answer → Tax bill came at last – virtually cleared out (4)48 DownReveal answer → Scourge of old? (5)513 DownReveal answer → Greek goddess – moon-exploration programme (7)714 DownReveal answer → Our copter’s flying around island territory (6,4)1014 DownReveal answer → Baby’s set of clothing (7)715 DownReveal answer → Inadvertently Rickrolled – but only part of the words! (5)516 DownReveal answer → Spoiled, sour (as with fats or oils) (6)616 DownReveal answer → Medic (6)617 DownReveal answer → Relative by marriage (2-3)519 DownReveal answer → An odd owl disturbed some trees (8)819 DownReveal answer → Ledger, row or cliff? (5)521 DownReveal answer → Safe ‘n’ sound? Two extinct every second! (3-5)821 DownReveal answer → Welsh city’s non-governmental organisation gathered by bar (6)623 DownReveal answer → Flow of vapour engulfing opening of railway (6)624 DownReveal answer → Greek character with very loud furry garment (4)426 DownReveal answer → Desert old boy, captured by US soldier (4)428 DownReveal answer → Place, place and, finally, place (4)429 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Monday, August 17, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.