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The Guardian Crossword August 21 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 21 2026 answers. The Friday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Crumble filling – repeated as background chat (7)RHUBARB7Across1 Communicate words with your hands (4)SIGN4Across1 Not illuminated (5)UNLIT5Across5 Throws for a loop (5)STUNS5Across7 Eight Days ___ (1,4)AWEEK5Across8 S American river – Womble (7)ORINOCO7Across8 ‘Evil demon vanquished!’ makes sensational reading (4,5)DIMENOVEL9Across9 The ___ Brief (1993 film) – brainy book imprint (7)PELICAN7Across9 Nonverbal assents (4)NODS4Across9 Sporty type beneath the surface, but one who’ll give in? (5)CAVER5Across10 Butterfly, captain or exerciser (7)SKIPPER7Across10 Court award presented in alternative month (7)OCTOBER7Across11 Wood or metal turning machine (5)LATHE5Across11 Astronomer’s western partner, one with a sign (7)GALILEO7Across12 What’s-its-name (9)THINGUMMY9Across13 Tongue-in-cheek, creep inside (4)INCH4Across13 Composer of divertimento managed without it (10)MONTEVERDI10Across14 Mexican dish – rolled stuffed tortilla (9)ENCHILADA9Across15 Treasure’s almost buried by explosive – touching (7)TANGENT7Across16 Artist’s Power Unit and Evian Water (7)WATTEAU7Across17 Mowgli’s bear friend (5)BALOO5Across18 Model person appearing in NME, Time Out (10)EMBODIMENT10Across19 Street atlas component (4,3)ROADMAP7Across21 Freckle – gent oil (anag) (7)LENTIGO7Across22 Child has right to enter club (4)BRAT4Across22 Waterproof footwear – Philip Marlowe, eg (7)GUMSHOE7Across23 Gratify fully (7)SATIATE7Across24 Focused on getting money – shamefaced (7)CENTRED7Across24 Deceiver, foreign nobleman, featured in Observer (7)SEDUCER7Across25 Minister without Portfolio’s capital offence (5)ARSON5Across26 Very hard as level of gratitude abroad reduced? (9)MERCILESS9Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Not much of an experience for the Artemis II crew at the end (1,4,2,3,5)ADROPINTHEOCEAN15Down1 Drive back (5)REPEL5Down1 Boyle, Sontag or Lazy (5)SUSAN5Down1 Smiley book’s going up I learn? (8)EMOTICON8Down2 Bisected (2,3)INTWO5Down2 Dark (5)UNLIT5Down2 Fastened with adhesive (5)GLUED5Down3 Insults marrow in seconds (5)SNUBS5Down3 Parisian monument (3,2,8)ARCDETRIOMPHE13Down3 Miniature trees (6)BONSAI6Down4 Company actor initially wearing plain attire (8)OVERCOAT8Down4 999 (5)NINES5Down4 Office furniture – MPs giving manicures? (6,7)FILINGCABINET13Down5 Black, easily portable mould (6)BLIGHT6Down5 Vowel-free scolding syllable (3)TSK3Down6 Fluffy, woolly ball (6)POMPOM6Down6 Incline to quash civil act by end of day (9)ACCLIVITY9Down6 Yippee! (6)HOORAY6Down7 Valour shown after detonation of part of a plant (6)OVULAR6Down7 Tree expert’s concoction of citrus and oil-tar rub (15)ARBORICULTURIST15Down8 Last word, often, of a prayer (4)AMEN4Down12 Condiment (abbrev) – Irish county (4)MAYO4Down14 It refreshes dictionary’s backing – and work by Bellow (9)DEODORANT9Down15 Infuriate (6)ENRAGE6Down15 Unpleasantly warm and sticky – like shellfish? (6)CLAMMY6Down16 Discovery, Jazz and Gala (6)APPLES6Down17 Travel on board Chinook, say, seated on foam (8)WINDSURF8Down17 Buddy possibly needs energy to be put in goal and improved (8)ENRICHED8Down18 Soviet space dog (5)LAIKA5Down19 ___ layer (region of Earth’s stratosphere) (5)OZONE5Down20 Elected, elevated and taken to party’s heart – then shut out (6)BANISH6Down20 Nice woman gets a daughter into musical? (6)MADAME6Down21 Sing and entertain (5)ADMIT5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, August 21, 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.