The Guardian Crossword August 4 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 64 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 4 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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Fetches round container with sweets (not drugs) as sacrifices (5,9)5 AcrossReveal answer → Carpets, top sort, woven for Rugby? (9,5)9 AcrossReveal answer → Customized bicycle’s hollow wheel feature (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → Occupied (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Places for experiments (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Extravagant – gold pair (anag) (8)83 AcrossReveal answer → Faith for those making a pilgrimage to Mecca (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → Located outside building’s entrance, Ladies sadly put out of action (7)75 AcrossReveal answer → It may range from 1 to 10 (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → ‘ … more gold than a ___-horse can draw’ (Thomas Carlyle) (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Arcade coin (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Flower stalk (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Damp (8)89 AcrossReveal answer → I totally agree! (10)1011 AcrossReveal answer → A meaningful area of study (9)911 AcrossReveal answer → Use sleight of hand with ace? Capital! (5)512 AcrossReveal answer → Pull it out to eject large bulb (5)513 AcrossReveal answer → Macbeth’s victim (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Championship register reportedly taken by lead player? (5,4)915 AcrossReveal answer → Violently attack (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Wholesome (10)1017 AcrossReveal answer → Vehicle gives way, getting around a river (9)918 AcrossReveal answer → Was an MP your heartless lecher? (5)519 AcrossReveal answer → Call signal? (8)820 AcrossReveal answer → Not recorded (4)421 AcrossReveal answer → Organisation is the essence of paradox, famously (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Pathé footage (8)822 AcrossReveal answer → It’s said to be more (4)423 AcrossReveal answer → Reserve: quiet little creature’s novel resting place (9)923 AcrossReveal answer → Casanova gets a new top for chemical solution (7)727 AcrossReveal answer → Disagreeable one having fun touring in China (7)728 AcrossReveal answer →

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‘Naughty’ and ‘nice’ things for Father Christmas (5)51 DownReveal answer → Tabby is sickly – mind the mites (4-3)71 DownReveal answer → Barren place (8)81 DownReveal answer → Racecourse near Windsor Castle (5)52 DownReveal answer → Communication made meaningless by this climber (9)92 DownReveal answer → Farewell performance (4,4)82 DownReveal answer → A lot of figure (5)53 DownReveal answer → Tyger! Tyger! poet (5)53 DownReveal answer → Foreign cities limiting energy and temperature in vain (9)94 DownReveal answer → Where birds or bats come to rest (6)64 DownReveal answer → City known for witch trials (5)54 DownReveal answer → Announcement (10)105 DownReveal answer → Fancy backing with fibrous edges for cut flowers (5)55 DownReveal answer → How disciplinarians show restraint describing a dress? (9)96 DownReveal answer → Blokes (3)36 DownReveal answer → Excessive quantity (4)46 DownReveal answer → Stock bar with drink – 1/3 off (5)57 DownReveal answer → Twisted the truth (4)47 DownReveal answer → Net Tennyson carried regularly (7)78 DownReveal answer → More enjoyable – rate Naples (anag) (10)1010 DownReveal answer → Turn to gas – VIP arose (anag) (8)812 DownReveal answer → Reflects light (8)813 DownReveal answer → Blown up – impact spread over northern Brussels (9)914 DownReveal answer → Membrillo ingredient (6)616 DownReveal answer → Mixed up rotor with BP engine (9)916 DownReveal answer → Moving position of horseshoe? (2,3,4)917 DownReveal answer → Sussex river (4)418 DownReveal answer → Northwesterner has to rummage around Kent etc (7)718 DownReveal answer → Chew on (a bone) (4)419 DownReveal answer → Denial of tearful drunk (7)720 DownReveal answer → Dispute about queen’s dream interpreter (5)522 DownReveal answer → ‘Beer time’s off!’ one snaps (5)523 DownReveal answer → Shut your mouth after ejecting hot Italian starter snack? (5)524 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Tuesday, August 4, 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.