The Guardian Crossword August 5 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 61 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 5 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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Spooner’s expensive rendezvous with The Blob? (4,5)4 AcrossReveal answer → Ten solutions may provide tonic with novel clues (10,5)10 AcrossReveal answer → Sniffy (10)101 AcrossReveal answer → Planet of the __ (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Cavorts (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → Wide-ranging (8)87 AcrossReveal answer → __ and fauna (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Lips, music or the room? (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → It’s normal for holiday at Legoland at the outset to involve a little something for everyone (8)88 AcrossReveal answer → Become established (3,2)58 AcrossReveal answer → Not in favour (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Key ingredient in cake batter (3)39 AcrossReveal answer → New York City torchbearer (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → I tremble in feverish place where the fuel runs out? (10)1011 AcrossReveal answer → Relish killing (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Fabricate / process (11)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Open to the elements, caps missing, air processor burned (8)814 AcrossReveal answer → Very aware (7)714 AcrossReveal answer → Unravel slam point (7)716 AcrossReveal answer → Facebook and Instagram owner (4)416 AcrossReveal answer → Mammoth setter’s crew stripped user (7)718 AcrossReveal answer → On top of that (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Quickly (2,1,5)820 AcrossReveal answer → Common language (10)1021 AcrossReveal answer → Walked free in road house (8)821 AcrossReveal answer → Sew up ruptured uterus (6)623 AcrossReveal answer → Begging your permission, tread carefully (4)426 AcrossReveal answer → Local, having no cash, in the clear (8)828 AcrossReveal answer →

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Brand accepts plan backing guarantee (4,4)81 DownReveal answer → Russian summer house (5)51 DownReveal answer → Puppy sounds (4)41 DownReveal answer → Start to watch broadband supplier’s strand (4)42 DownReveal answer → North or south extreme of the earth (4)42 DownReveal answer → Add sugar, perhaps (7)72 DownReveal answer → Subsection of secret summons turned around rally (6)63 DownReveal answer → Ham it up (5)53 DownReveal answer → Tiny part (4)43 DownReveal answer → Bit of parsley (5)54 DownReveal answer → One who keeps quiet before the Guardian’s outcry (7)74 DownReveal answer → Concise (8)84 DownReveal answer → Find one at the roadside (5)55 DownReveal answer → A female or male tennis icon? (4)45 DownReveal answer → Make (someone) nervous (6)66 DownReveal answer → Chamber’s diet for those chosen (10)106 DownReveal answer → Belted out a tune (4)46 DownReveal answer → Late meeting of party in bishop’s office (6)67 DownReveal answer → Outpouring of emotion (8)811 DownReveal answer → For the most part (6)612 DownReveal answer → Disproportionate (7)713 DownReveal answer → Thwart fickle rule in gear shift? (10)1013 DownReveal answer → Bagpipe part (5)515 DownReveal answer → Sport cut short leg (3)315 DownReveal answer → Clothes horse (5)517 DownReveal answer → Hope to God every third letter appears in books made to order (3)317 DownReveal answer → Bolan or Chagall? (4)418 DownReveal answer → Smartening up University College in April and May (8)819 DownReveal answer → Offensive in the armed forces? (7)720 DownReveal answer → Some leaderless after god proving hard to please (6)622 DownReveal answer → Ask Einstein to include networks (6)623 DownReveal answer → Whack the top guy and stay mum (4)425 DownReveal answer → Wild Bunch get ready to hit the road (4)426 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, August 5, 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.