The Guardian Crossword August 26 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 26 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 61 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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Creator of Veruca, George and Matilda (5)ROALD5Across1
Witch carrier (10)BROOMSTICK10Across1
Snow place; like, home (5)IGLOO5Across6
Italian bread (8)FOCACCIA8Across7
Cede (5)GRANT5Across7
Suddenly comprehend – thin woody shoot (4)TWIG4Across8
Durable twilled woollen / worsted fabric (5)SERGE5Across8
Big Apple’s best ever on bread – and butter (5,4)NANNYGOAT9Across9
Helen of ___ (4)TROY4Across9
Init.s for a text (3)SMS3Across9
Possible sickener, incomplete story of environmentalism? (1,4)ECOLI5Across10
Vividly descriptive – chip rag (anag) (7)GRAPHIC7Across10
Father, forward in motion … (4,3)POPELEO7Across11
… priest entering job (7)PREVOST7Across12
These use sunlight to generate electricity (5,6)SOLARPANELS11Across12
Deputy Viking perhaps flayed (4)AIDE4Across13
Machine-readable stripes – how to behave in a pub? (7)BARCODE7Across14
European city recovering from disappointment, investing not as much (10)DUSSELDORF10Across14
A burden for a Titan in debt – Lord have mercy! (1,3,3)IASKYOU7Across16
Ado (4)FUSS4Across16
Describing a vessel – whimsically or not? (7)JUGULAR7Across17
Kid’s knocked over shed one rebuilt – a wind-up for the horticulturalist? (6,4)GARDENHOSE10Across19
Dejected (4)GLUM4Across19
Happening intermittently (2,3,3)ONANDOFF8Across20
This bird sits in the old gum tree (10)KOOKABURRA10Across21
Building unit razed to the ground? (4)FLAT4Across22
After embroidering, sender wraps uniform for purchaser (3,4)ENDUSER7Across24
Pink paper is tucked inside permit, red (7)LEFTIST7Across25
I don’t want you, old bean, in fruit … (5)MANGO5Across26
… and similarly in veg? (9)MANGETOUT9Across27
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Raise (morale) (5)BOOST5Down1
Quite friendly person playing with mates, man paying a visit (2,8,5)ONSPEAKINGTERMS15Down1
Doctors (4)RIGS4Down1
Fairy-tale menaces (5)OGRES5Down2
How one might make bid, terribly (2,6)INSPADES8Down2
Experiencing continuous streak of good luck (2,1,4)ONAROLL7Down2
Jeer (4)MOCK4Down3
Revolution trammelled by democracy, clearly (5)CYCLE5Down3
Phone clock function (5)ALARM5Down3
Refreshment stop (3,5)TEABREAK8Down4
Old drama served up with opera in state capital (8)HONOLULU8Down4
Yearns – big-boy trousers (5)LONGS5Down4
Act uncritically fondly, as with a grandchild (with ‘upon’) (4)DOTE4Down5
Snip into pieces (3,2)CUTUP5Down5
Small strips in small bone (6)STAPES6Down5
___ Black (Harry Potter) – Dog Star (6)SIRIUS6Down6
Descent as intolerance of spirit reported? (9)GENEALOGY9Down6
Country in defeat like that, 5-0 (6)KOSOVO6Down7
LIST, say, how Trump sees Canada? (5-5,5)FIFTYFIRSTSTATE15Down8
Traffic jam, standstill (8)GRIDLOCK8Down11
Tiny underwear? (6)SMALLS6Down12
Country in South America – road cue (anag) (7)ECUADOR7Down13
Brooch, role or ware (5)CAMEO5Down15
Book in cypher so encrypted for etailer (9)CYBERSHOP9Down15
Fraction outside of second, swimmer pushing hard? (8)JOSTLING8Down17
Capital of Bulgaria (5)SOFIA5Down17
Something possibly sugared in water turned up, sweet (8)LOLLIPOP8Down18
Young sheep (4)LAMB4Down18
Sound clothes I had on (6)RIDING6Down20
Run over manuscript for secluded groups (6)HAREMS6Down21
Routinely concerned with all one’s toes? (5)OFTEN5Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, August 26, 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.