The Guardian Crossword August 3 2026 Answers
Monday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 3 2026 answers. The Monday 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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Click a clue for every answer it has ever hadClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Focus (13)CONCENTRATION13Across1
Disguised male questioned (6)MASKED6Across1
High points (5)ACMES5Across1
Dish of unusual grain (7)RAREBIT7Across4
Tortoise’s covering (5)SHELL5Across6
Start of a tennis point (5)SERVE5Across7
Hair-raising (5)EERIE5Across8
Brass, boy or big? (4)BAND4Across8
Starving (8)RAVENOUS8Across9
Secret meeting (5)TRYST5Across9
Uncle cuts up plant (9)SUCCULENT9Across9
Raised deck at the front of a ship – clearest of (anag) (10)FORECASTLE10Across10
Short tenor getting refreshed on and off (5)TERSE5Across10
Sample bit of pasta stealthily (5)TASTE5Across11
Fumbled shot (6)MISCUE6Across12
Make speech after European scientist’s workplace gets involved (9)ELABORATE9Across12
Bill quietly left a club? (7)PLACARD7Across13
Trivial matter (6)DETAIL6Across14
Root of change I proposed initially (6)TURNIP6Across15
UK parliament’s emblem (10)PORTCULLIS10Across15
Effigy of union’s leader embraced by nation (6)STATUE6Across17
Brief note concerning one Conservative snorting cocaine (7)LACONIC7Across19
Peak pudding? (8)MERINGUE8Across19
Gallagher or Coward? (4)NOEL4Across20
Futility (13)POINTLESSNESS13Across21
That woman sorted out table with a hot drink (6,3)HERBALTEA9Across22
Pleased with mouse finally finding space in forest (5)GLADE5Across24
Smooths out chains (5)IRONS5Across26
Mugger is idiot upset by six footer (9)ASSAILANT9Across27
Quibbler holds new medallion (7)PENDANT7Across28
Hammered bachelor put away (6)BEATEN6Across29
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Fail to attend precious flipping trip (7)MISSTEP7Down1
Money in the bank, say (5)ASSET5Down1
Request for help involving Calvin Klein footwear (5)SOCKS5Down2
Haydn’s The Creation, say (8)ORATORIO8Down2
Say ‘hurray’, say (5)CHEER5Down2
Like Shakespeare’s wives of Windsor (5)MERRY5Down3
Former ride-share company worker is vivacious (9)EXUBERANT9Down3
Specialist team (5)CADRE5Down3
Graceland idol (5)ELVIS5Down4
Withdraw from English area after start of revolution (7)RETRACT7Down4
Tell a story (7)NARRATE7Down4
Metal fastening (5)RIVET5Down5
Traitor I love in proportion (5)RATIO5Down5
Icy winter shower (5)SLEET5Down5
Most nerve-racking (7)TENSEST7Down6
Pub ban before Scotsman gets savage (9)BARBARIAN9Down6
Work of art (4)OPUS4Down7
Former X contributor without sway (6)TEETER6Down7
Protect upstanding US agent on border (6)DEFEND6Down8
Lacking compassion (8)PITILESS8Down11
Cartoon punchline / label (7)CAPTION7Down13
PM behind expression of hesitation regarding accepting refusal (9)AFTERNOON9Down14
The ______ of Malfi, John Webster play (7)DUCHESS7Down14
Majestic (5)REGAL5Down16
Try rising during sincere broadcast for Grant (9)RECOGNISE9Down16
Natural fabric prone to creasing (5)LINEN5Down17
Working-class, local or folk? (4)HERO4Down18
Competitor in event ran tirelessly (7)ENTRANT7Down18
Is a lie tricky to communicate? (6)LIAISE6Down19
Be unfaithful to Charlie with passion and touching (5,2)CHEATON7Down20
Small person parking next to quiet verge (6)SHRIMP6Down21
Disorganised leaders of army training session elicit apathy (2,3)ATSEA5Down23
Anticipate a pressure for auditor (5)AWAIT5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Monday, August 3, 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.