The Guardian Crossword August 5 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 5 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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Spooner’s expensive rendezvous with The Blob? (4,5)DEEP4Across
Ten solutions may provide tonic with novel clues (10,5)COLLECTIVE10Across
Sniffy (10)DISMISSIVE10Across1
Planet of the __ (4)APES4Across1
Cavorts (5)ROMPS5Across5
Wide-ranging (8)ECLECTIC8Across7
__ and fauna (5)FLORA5Across7
Lips, music or the room? (4)READ4Across8
It’s normal for holiday at Legoland at the outset to involve a little something for everyone (8)HABITUAL8Across8
Become established (3,2)SETIN5Across8
Not in favour (4)ANTI4Across9
Key ingredient in cake batter (3)EGG3Across9
New York City torchbearer (7)LIBERTY7Across10
I tremble in feverish place where the fuel runs out? (10)TIMBERLINE10Across11
Relish killing (6)MURDER6Across12
Fabricate / process (11)MANUFACTURE11Across12
Open to the elements, caps missing, air processor burned (8)UNGLAZED8Across14
Very aware (7)MINDFUL7Across14
Unravel slam point (7)DECRYPT7Across16
Facebook and Instagram owner (4)META4Across16
Mammoth setter’s crew stripped user (7)IMMENSE7Across18
On top of that (4)ALSO4Across19
Quickly (2,1,5)INAHURRY8Across20
Common language (10)VERNACULAR10Across21
Walked free in road house (8)STRIDDEN8Across21
Sew up ruptured uterus (6)SUTURE6Across23
Begging your permission, tread carefully (4)PACE4Across26
Local, having no cash, in the clear (8)INNOCENT8Across28
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Brand accepts plan backing guarantee (4,4)MAKESURE8Down1
Russian summer house (5)DACHA5Down1
Puppy sounds (4)ARFS4Down1
Start to watch broadband supplier’s strand (4)WISP4Down2
North or south extreme of the earth (4)POLE4Down2
Add sugar, perhaps (7)SWEETEN7Down2
Subsection of secret summons turned around rally (6)MUSTER6Down3
Ham it up (5)EMOTE5Down3
Tiny part (4)IOTA4Down3
Bit of parsley (5)SPRIG5Down4
One who keeps quiet before the Guardian’s outcry (7)CLAMOUR7Down4
Concise (8)SUCCINCT8Down4
Find one at the roadside (5)VERGE5Down5
A female or male tennis icon? (4)ASHE4Down5
Make (someone) nervous (6)RATTLE6Down6
Chamber’s diet for those chosen (10)PARLIAMENT10Down6
Belted out a tune (4)SANG4Down6
Late meeting of party in bishop’s office (6)SEANCE6Down7
Outpouring of emotion (8)EFFUSION8Down11
For the most part (6)MAINLY6Down12
Disproportionate (7)UNEQUAL7Down13
Thwart fickle rule in gear shift? (10)DERAILLEUR10Down13
Bagpipe part (5)DRONE5Down15
Sport cut short leg (3)GAM3Down15
Clothes horse (5)AIRER5Down17
Hope to God every third letter appears in books made to order (3)POD3Down17
Bolan or Chagall? (4)MARC4Down18
Smartening up University College in April and May (8)SPRUCING8Down19
Offensive in the armed forces? (7)UNCIVIL7Down20
Some leaderless after god proving hard to please (6)THORNY6Down22
Ask Einstein to include networks (6)SKEINS6Down23
Whack the top guy and stay mum (4)COSH4Down25
Wild Bunch get ready to hit the road (4)PACK4Down26
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, August 5, 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.