The Guardian Crossword August 23 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 23 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Run at full pelt (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → ‘Bam!’ (3)31 AcrossReveal answer → Well-established desire to hug bear (4-8)121 AcrossReveal answer → Member of the Indonesian language family (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Charmingly retro (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → First name of musicians Previn and 3000 (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Quickly clips (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Penniless (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Lays eyes upon (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Gossipy newspaper (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Love Mark getting award (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Balances (5,2)710 AcrossReveal answer → Fruit held by gold, new clockwork device (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Sleeps following second cold then hot drink (7)711 AcrossReveal answer → Parting word in Paris (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Snake wrongly renamed (7)712 AcrossReveal answer → Has in mind (7)712 AcrossReveal answer → Preserve and tea peer put out (10)1013 AcrossReveal answer → Leaders of legal establishment start speechifying to a smaller degree (4)415 AcrossReveal answer → Once more (5)518 AcrossReveal answer → Bishop to question lie (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Show delight (7)719 AcrossReveal answer → Workmanship shown by worker in charge a lot (10)1019 AcrossReveal answer → Deceptive dexterity (7)721 AcrossReveal answer → Old boa I reshaped into circus prop (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Essence of an argument (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → React to sunlight, perhaps (6)623 AcrossReveal answer → Bless with oil (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Meadow beyond river (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Upset menial too sensitive (9)925 AcrossReveal answer → College note in books for group (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Renders dudes drunk and overly casual (12)1227 AcrossReveal answer →

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Engage in combat using bolt and car parts (4,5)91 DownReveal answer → Glossy fabric resembling velvet, made of silk or rayon and having a flattened pile (5)51 DownReveal answer → Female family member (6)61 DownReveal answer → Managed to rise and judge first of defendants chronicled (8)82 DownReveal answer → Song from the sixties, eg (5)52 DownReveal answer → Beyond repair (6)62 DownReveal answer → Son caught in the morning with first of scarpering cons (5)53 DownReveal answer → Twists or perverts (5)53 DownReveal answer → A, C, and E, e.g. (5)53 DownReveal answer → Tried allure during unusual date (9)94 DownReveal answer → Volume times density (4)44 DownReveal answer → Carpet (7)75 DownReveal answer → Hoped-for response to ‘Do you love me?’ (3)35 DownReveal answer → Humble setter embraced by churchman (6)65 DownReveal answer → Celebrated journalist after negative time (5)56 DownReveal answer → Legendary (6)66 DownReveal answer → Try and go up for idle chat (6)67 DownReveal answer → Monotony (6)67 DownReveal answer → Various reasons love left traps (6)68 DownReveal answer → Classified (3-6)99 DownReveal answer → Nine-sided figure (7)713 DownReveal answer → Simple doctor adored nun (9)914 DownReveal answer → Dorothy’s home in The Wizard of Oz (6)614 DownReveal answer → Rich cake (6)615 DownReveal answer → Two-piece swimsuit (6)616 DownReveal answer → Left Charlie out for line to be judged (9)916 DownReveal answer → Deadly sins, e.g. (6)617 DownReveal answer → Small cross is reformed as cutting instrument (8)817 DownReveal answer → Mate to obtain spending allowance (6)618 DownReveal answer → Postponed 2020 Olympics host country (5)520 DownReveal answer → Note clue number (6)620 DownReveal answer → Crowd lie about phone (6)621 DownReveal answer → A seed fruit (5)523 DownReveal answer → Beat bean? (5)524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, August 23, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.