The Guardian Crossword August 23 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 23 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 66 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#
Run at full pelt (6)SPRINT6Across1
‘Bam!’ (3)POW3Across1
Well-established desire to hug bear (4-8)LONGSTANDING12Across1
Member of the Indonesian language family (5)MALAY5Across4
Charmingly retro (6)QUAINT6Across4
First name of musicians Previn and 3000 (5)ANDRE5Across6
Quickly clips (5)SNIPS5Across7
Penniless (5)SKINT5Across8
Lays eyes upon (4)SEES4Across8
Gossipy newspaper (7)TABLOID7Across9
Love Mark getting award (5)OSCAR5Across9
Balances (5,2)EVENSUP7Across10
Fruit held by gold, new clockwork device (9)AUTOMATON9Across10
Sleeps following second cold then hot drink (7)SCHNAPS7Across11
Parting word in Paris (5)ADIEU5Across11
Snake wrongly renamed (7)MEANDER7Across12
Has in mind (7)INTENDS7Across12
Preserve and tea peer put out (10)PERPETUATE10Across13
Leaders of legal establishment start speechifying to a smaller degree (4)LESS4Across15
Once more (5)AGAIN5Across18
Bishop to question lie (4)BASK4Across18
Show delight (7)REJOICE7Across19
Workmanship shown by worker in charge a lot (10)HANDICRAFT10Across19
Deceptive dexterity (7)SLEIGHT7Across21
Old boa I reshaped into circus prop (7)DIABOLO7Across22
Essence of an argument (5)POINT5Across22
React to sunlight, perhaps (6)SQUINT6Across23
Bless with oil (6)ANOINT6Across24
Meadow beyond river (7)PASTURE7Across24
Upset menial too sensitive (9)EMOTIONAL9Across25
College note in books for group (5)OCTET5Across26
Renders dudes drunk and overly casual (12)UNDERDRESSED12Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Engage in combat using bolt and car parts (4,5)LOCKHORNS9Down1
Glossy fabric resembling velvet, made of silk or rayon and having a flattened pile (5)PANNE5Down1
Female family member (6)SISTER6Down1
Managed to rise and judge first of defendants chronicled (8)NARRATED8Down2
Song from the sixties, eg (5)OLDIE5Down2
Beyond repair (6)RUINED6Down2
Son caught in the morning with first of scarpering cons (5)SCAMS5Down3
Twists or perverts (5)WARPS5Down3
A, C, and E, e.g. (5)NOTES5Down3
Tried allure during unusual date (9)ATTEMPTED9Down4
Volume times density (4)MASS4Down4
Carpet (7)UPBRAID7Down5
Hoped-for response to ‘Do you love me?’ (3)YES3Down5
Humble setter embraced by churchman (6)DEMEAN6Down5
Celebrated journalist after negative time (5)NOTED5Down6
Legendary (6)ICONIC6Down6
Try and go up for idle chat (6)GOSSIP6Down7
Monotony (6)TEDIUM6Down7
Various reasons love left traps (6)SNARES6Down8
Classified (3-6)TOPSECRET9Down9
Nine-sided figure (7)NONAGON7Down13
Simple doctor adored nun (9)UNADORNED9Down14
Dorothy’s home in The Wizard of Oz (6)KANSAS6Down14
Rich cake (6)GATEAU6Down15
Two-piece swimsuit (6)BIKINI6Down16
Left Charlie out for line to be judged (9)EVALUATED9Down16
Deadly sins, e.g. (6)SEPTET6Down17
Small cross is reformed as cutting instrument (8)SCISSORS8Down17
Mate to obtain spending allowance (6)BUDGET6Down18
Postponed 2020 Olympics host country (5)JAPAN5Down20
Note clue number (6)TWENTY6Down20
Crowd lie about phone (6)MOBILE6Down21
A seed fruit (5)ACORN5Down23
Beat bean? (5)PULSE5Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, August 23, 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.