The Guardian Crossword August 19 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 19 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fairly – or completely (5)QUITE5Across1
Snafu (4)MESS4Across1
A rag man (one of these) (7)ANAGRAM7Across4
Battlefield cry (2,3)IMHIT5Across5
Lyon river (5)SAONE5Across7
Watery, pressure-maintaining fluid in eye (7,6)AQUEOUSHUMOUR13Across8
Flexible practitioner to support animated character (4,4)YOGIBEAR8Across8
Burn the edges of (5)SINGE5Across8
Nasal inflammation – Irish ITN (anag) (8)RHINITIS8Across9
Strength from dog shaking off lead (5)ASSET5Across9
‘The ___ you know, the better’ (4)LESS4Across9
Year in Spanish Main’s ending soon (4)ANON4Across10
Disney princess left queen over trouble in country (2,8)ELSALVADOR10Across11
Gratis (4)FREE4Across11
Book that is set in strange land (6)DANIEL6Across12
Piquet or Mandela (6)NELSON6Across13
Ball game (6)TENNIS6Across14
Football team crush defensive formation (8)MILLWALL8Across14
North Korea’s leader hacking into computer’s digital printing devices (7)INKPADS7Across16
Club – press (4)IRON4Across16
Pink Panther Inspector (8)CLOUSEAU8Across17
Most generous and good of Poirot to make a comeback in case (7)NOBLEST7Across18
Juicer (5,8)LEMONSQUEEZER13Across19
Carriage clock’s face cutting clumsy cleaner (8)CLARENCE8Across21
Longest river in Asia (7)YANGTZE7Across21
Buttocks – a nest (anag) (5)NATES5Across22
Personal assistant admits one form of word blindness (6)ALEXIA6Across23
Distressed maid in pantry retreating from flying insect (3,7)REDADMIRAL10Across24
Heartless bum in prison (4)CAGE4Across26
Hotel California charges old person (5)INCAN5Across27
I mention getting hammered before you can say Jack Robinson (2,2,4)INNOTIME8Across28
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Benny Hill? (8)MOUNTAIN8Down1
Hit’s opposite (4)MISS4Down1
Every four years (13)QUADRENNIALLY13Down1
Hero knocked over nuclear fuel (4)LION4Down2
Typed missive (5)EMAIL5Down2
Initialled memo of debt (3)IOU3Down2
Radiated light (5)SHONE5Down3
11 stopping Spanish team getting close again (6)RESEAL6Down3
Combination of characters expressing feeling (8)EMOTICON8Down3
Descend vertical drop using rope (6)ABSEIL6Down4
Suppose Big Bird’s turning up to support Trump? (7)PRESUME7Down4
Emulates Olivia Rodrigo (5)SINGS5Down4
Mother starts to upset Lily Savage (4)MAUL4Down5
Water (4)AQUA4Down5
Award sounded crazy for playwright (5,5)OSCARWILDE10Down6
Golfers’ tiny doodads (4)TEES4Down6
North American river (3,6)RIOGRANDE9Down6
Bad-tempered types last to get up for walk (6)STROLL6Down7
Open spaces for trading in towns (6,7)MARKETSQUARES13Down7
Its capital is Douglas (4,2,3)ISLEOFMAN9Down10
Sky-blue – earn clue (anag) (8)CERULEAN8Down12
Value of New Romantic EP (10)IMPORTANCE10Down13
Shot regularly dismissed Ollie Pope (3)LEO3Down15
Memorial plate – film on teeth (6)PLAQUE6Down15
Study of depression cut short (3)DEN3Down17
Small, mosquito-like fly (4)GNAT4Down18
Swindling trick from man in uniform (4,4)SKINGAME8Down19
Denis Villeneuve’s right to film movie in US city (7)DETROIT7Down20
Slang for a spot (3)ZIT3Down20
Chemist replacing parts of large Whopper (6)LIEBIG6Down22
2 followed by Tesla obliquely (6)ASLANT6Down23
Artist trimmed long hair (4)MANE4Down25
Musical Youth finally escaping from Jaws (4)CATS4Down26
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, August 19, 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.