The Guardian Crossword August 2 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 2 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 59 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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Was into (3)DUG3Across1
Resort name is hard in European language (7)SPANISH7Across1
Like major organs (5)VITAL5Across4
Bag for books put in stores at Cheltenham (7)SATCHEL7Across5
Protected against precipitation (9)RAINPROOF9Across5
Cause a scene (3,2)ACTUP5Across6
Wants and __ (5)NEEDS5Across7
Eg Michelangelo’s David (4)NUDE4Across8
Canada ___ (3)DRY3Across8
Raises a toast in honour of (6,2)DRINKSTO8Across9
Foolhardiness (6)IDIOCY6Across10
Mention of orchard fruit for couple (4)PAIR4Across10
Sings high? (6)YODELS6Across11
One regularly making changes? (4-6)BELLRINGER10Across11
Throw off course dishonest type with journalist when backsliding (6)DERAIL6Across12
This person’s to thrive after leaving society that’s not acceptable (8)IMPROPER8Across13
Bucolic (6)RUSTIC6Across13
Rally those heading each new company before this period? (9)ENCOURAGE9Across14
Fly mechanically (6)AVIATE6Across15
Reportedly, substantial framework of bars (5)GRATE5Across16
Subdivision containing the most famous (1-7)ALISTERS8Across16
First of police in place showing deliberate nastiness (5)SPITE5Across17
Gym term for chest muscles (4)PECS4Across18
Creator of baked treats (9)PATISSIER9Across19
Score in darts led pub too to get excited (6,3)DOUBLETOP9Across19
Drab outcome at work still in area around Darwin (3-5)NONEVENT8Across23
Fine sailor was ahead of others, being legendary (6)FABLED6Across24
Old man managed by soldiers badly in France, defying rational explanation? (10)PARANORMAL10Across26
Requirement once ready at intervals (4)NEED4Across27
Put out note before rental agreement (7)RELEASE7Across28
Flatter American scheduled to tour Californian city with tons (7)ADULATE7Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Sliced’s counterpart (5)DICED5Down1
Third party to a secret, in a phrase (8)GATEPOST8Down1
Gradually introduce heaps for repair at home (5,2)PHASEIN7Down2
Give voice to (5)UTTER5Down2
‘I’m taking things ___ at a time’ (3,3)ONEDAY6Down2
Woman found in Oregon or Maine (5)NORMA5Down3
Somewhat scandalous – or plummy? (6)FRUITY6Down3
Tastelessly showy (5)GAUDY5Down3
More delicate sort of troubles, nothing less (7)SUBTLER7Down4
Delivery vehicle (3)VAN3Down4
Chess piece (4)ROOK4Down4
CD predecessors (3)LPS3Down5
Double double (9)QUADRUPLE9Down6
Fancy bar elevated front in Torquay? That’s unexpected (6)ABRUPT6Down6
Running, jumping, throwing and the like (9)ATHLETICS9Down7
Charlie attending programme of study in large open space (9)CONCOURSE9Down7
Perhaps, lead factor (7)ELEMENT7Down8
Leading limo to move in due course (3,2,4,4)ALLINGOODTIME13Down9
More sentimental, or more prone to leak? (8)DRIPPIER8Down12
Black or white grape from the Loire (6)CHENIN6Down14
Dealing with a problem, like an attentive lawyer? (2,3,4)ONTHECASE9Down15
Whence St Francis (6)ASSISI6Down15
Merchandise, or a thief’s loot (4)SWAG4Down17
Crude advertising by individual around flag intermittently (7)PROFANE7Down18
British brace of fellows probing complicated deal in a confused state (7)BAFFLED7Down20
Acquire too much fuel? (7)OVEREAT7Down21
Model couple of Poles, people of great energy (6)DEMONS6Down22
Embargo a line of a hackneyed nature (5)BANAL5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, August 2, 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.