The Guardian Crossword August 22 2026 Answers
Saturday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 22 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 70 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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Rolls piled up here? (5,6)BREADBASKET11Across1
Bovine product (3)PAT3Across1
Eastern European involved in antislavery (4)SLAV4Across1
More sensible (5)SAGER5Across4
Where badger’s hiding in Massachusetts (4)SETT4Across4
Somewhere Only We Know hitmakers (5)KEANE5Across6
French phrase for a feeling of having already experienced the present situation (4,2)DEJAVU6Across7
Surname of authors Richard, Dornford and Christopher J (5)YATES5Across7
Always eco-friendly and never unpopular (9)EVERGREEN9Across7
In Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and the king of Pylos (6)NELEUS6Across8
Poker payment from Italian smoker on the counter (4)ANTE4Across8
Tennis divider (3)NET3Across8
Spin-off series from The Good Wife starring Carrie Preston (7)ELSBETH7Across9
Jerusalem or globe (9)ARTICHOKE9Across9
Use this for hacking, chesty spasms (6)SCYTHE6Across9
Dark, viscous mixture (3)TAR3Across10
__ Palin, former governor of Alaska (5)SARAH5Across10
Revolutionary to slaughter Grand National winner (3,3)REDRUM6Across10
Author of poem with opening line ‘Stop all the clocks’ (5)AUDEN5Across11
Author of Swallows and Amazons (6,7)ARTHURRANSOME13Across12
Band sets ashore, losing some characters (4)SASH4Across13
Complying with (7)OBEYING7Across13
What’s poisonous if eaten? Amphibians, idiot! (9)TOADSTOOL9Across14
Not more than (2,4)ATMOST6Across14
George Eliot’s final novel (6,7)DANIELDERONDA13Across14
Frustrate, obstruct (6)THWART6Across15
Correct: movement of the sea is ebbing (4)EDIT4Across15
Right, is energy to increase in price? (4)RISE4Across16
__ Lively, star of Gossip Girl (5)BLAKE5Across17
Return something removed – delay (3,4)PUTBACK7Across18
__ and Principe, island state (3,4)SAOTOME7Across18
Look at with intense interest or desire (3,2)EYEUP5Across20
Objections (with buts) (3)IFS3Across21
Natasha’s mother in Sesame Street (6)INGRID6Across22
Nervous chewer (4-5)NAILBITER9Across22
Aggressive – waging war – rebel tingle (anag) (11)BELLIGERENT11Across24
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IRL in internet shorthand (2,4,4)IN2Down
Term in chaos theory for how small events may have disproportionate consequences (9,6)BUTTERFLY9Down
What Rick said to Ilsa – and what the French hope? (4,6,4,5)WELL4Down
Song of praise (5)PAEAN5Down1
‘Untruth? Good!’ (English Lord) (5)LIEGE5Down2
What the Clash rocked in 1982? (6)CASBAH6Down2
Ornamental stone typically banded in appearance (5)AGATE5Down2
Furrow made by wheels (3)RUT3Down2
Measure of automotive gasoline somewhere in America (5)VEGAS5Down3
2020 Christopher Nolan actioner (5)TENET5Down3
eg grave and acute (7)ACCENTS7Down3
Yogi’s pal – silly mistake (3-3)BOOBOO6Down4
Observe Duke with yen to be disreputable (5)SEEDY5Down4
‘Above us only ___’ (3)SKY3Down4
Hi- or lo-___ graphics (3)RES3Down5
Eg Thunberg – root vegetable (5)SWEDE5Down5
Silent, with malfunctioning musical instrument (3,7)TINWHISTLE10Down5
The founder of Islam (8)MUHAMMAD8Down6
Free from entanglements (9)EXTRICATE9Down6
Intervened unwisely and created once again (10)REINVENTED10Down6
Ice-cream dish – with shared fruit? (6,5)BANANASPLIT11Down7
Person that’s clever, or foolish (sarcastically) (6,5)BRIGHTSPARK11Down8
Big meal that’s part of Zoroastrianism (5)ROAST5Down11
Skinflint emirs, after your change (5)MISER5Down12
Small coffee cup – missed tea (anag) (9)DEMITASSE9Down12
Finishes, as pimples coming up (5)STOPS5Down13
Moor and town in Yorkshire (6)ILKLEY6Down15
Daniel __, Nicaraguan politician (6)ORTEGA6Down16
Where cobblers work and where cads drink? (4,3)HEELBAR7Down16
Going down snow-slopes (6)SKIING6Down17
Historical record of events (5)ANNAL5Down19
Golda __, former Israeli prime minister (4)MEIR4Down19
The abbreviation for Texas (2)TX2Down21
Large cask (3)TUN3Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, August 22, 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.