The Guardian Crossword August 18 2026 Answers
Tuesday puzzle · 63 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all 63 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 18 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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State of total confusion – slobs name him (anag) (12)121 AcrossReveal answer →
Crazy French soul, this woman (6)61 AcrossReveal answer →
École ___ Beaux-Arts (3)31 AcrossReveal answer →
Takes over present-day stop-over (6)64 AcrossReveal answer →
Yemeni capital (5)54 AcrossReveal answer →
___ and alas (5)56 AcrossReveal answer →
Russian country house (5)57 AcrossReveal answer →
Belonging to that thing (3)38 AcrossReveal answer →
Mouth, barrel or sense (5)59 AcrossReveal answer →
Tin and silver catch (4)49 AcrossReveal answer →
___ Wizard (The Who) – ‘tilt’ pastime (7)710 AcrossReveal answer →
Ill-advised Greek ‘humor’ showing Asian guerrilla movement (5,5)1010 AcrossReveal answer →
Fixed time around rugged ridges (6)611 AcrossReveal answer →
Drink quickly – head support (4)411 AcrossReveal answer →
Got plastered? (8)812 AcrossReveal answer →
Ruling by tyrannical behaviour (8)812 AcrossReveal answer →
Saul’s home rebuilt as one for the poor (9)913 AcrossReveal answer →
Stockings (6)614 AcrossReveal answer →
Verse omitted from cover song (4)415 AcrossReveal answer →
Out-of-date and tired – a bonnet, perhaps? (3,3)615 AcrossReveal answer →
It’s seen amongst beta, lambda and others (2,2)416 AcrossReveal answer →
With windows sealed, say, in hut (9)917 AcrossReveal answer →
Mesmerising (8)818 AcrossReveal answer →
Disparaging remark (4)420 AcrossReveal answer →
Unrivalled, as the House of Lords in recess (8)821 AcrossReveal answer →
Cost of maintenance all the way to fortification (6)622 AcrossReveal answer →
Earwax – un creme (anag) (7)722 AcrossReveal answer →
Artificial silk fabric (5)523 AcrossReveal answer →
Gathering of directors – sounds tedious? (5,7)1224 AcrossReveal answer →
Dessert Azed rejects, served in a globe (10)1024 AcrossReveal answer →
Enthusiasm at heart of Maoris’ home (4)425 AcrossReveal answer →
Songs by Schubert suggested by violinist (6)626 AcrossReveal answer →
Old England, Peru – new continent (6)627 AcrossReveal answer →
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Ore obtained by worker underground, a trainee (7)71 DownReveal answer →
___ Lama (5)51 DownReveal answer →
Green finger, perhaps, and what the gardener will do in bed (5)52 DownReveal answer →
Enchanting (7)72 DownReveal answer →
Establish by law (5)52 DownReveal answer →
Connie, Andrew or Goldman (5)53 DownReveal answer →
Pubs and small hotels (4)43 DownReveal answer →
Arranges party – with what’s available (5,2)73 DownReveal answer →
Feeling :o( (3)34 DownReveal answer →
Short dash (6)64 DownReveal answer →
‘ … addit’ly going by the name of … ’ (3)35 DownReveal answer →
Board game – sole power (8)85 DownReveal answer →
Fearless Bobby that’ll open the Guardian (6)65 DownReveal answer →
Smallest amount (5)56 DownReveal answer →
Action completely adopting inverted interior design (9)96 DownReveal answer →
Recommend guests get changed around midnight (7)77 DownReveal answer →
Cooking for oneself (on holiday) (4-8)127 DownReveal answer →
Frantically text Posh about test result of where’s it at (1,5,3,4)138 DownReveal answer →
Yellow vegetable, ear of maize (4,2,3,3)128 DownReveal answer →
Passed on knowledge to (8)813 DownReveal answer →
Domestic flight (9)914 DownReveal answer →
Closely examine as I weep noisily (7)716 DownReveal answer →
___ days – kingfisher – holy can (anag) (7)716 DownReveal answer →
Man engaged to be married (6)617 DownReveal answer →
Letter about impolite PM (7)718 DownReveal answer →
Ham or violet (5)519 DownReveal answer →
Most of team gathering at lift (7)719 DownReveal answer →
Great effort making boot (6)620 DownReveal answer →
Ridge on guitar neck – worry (4)421 DownReveal answer →
Tibetan priest leaves US city for instrument (5)523 DownReveal answer →
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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Tuesday, August 18, 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.