The Guardian Crossword August 6 2026 Answers
Thursday puzzle · 59 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all 59 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 6 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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Across
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Favourite from 15 in sprint past team featuring Gatlin, Gay etc? (5,4)5 AcrossReveal answer →
Love and prayer in 15 breaks through for Willard White, perhaps (5,4)5 AcrossReveal answer →
A fantastic island chef takes dish from 15 (5,3,8)8 AcrossReveal answer →
It’s traditionally practised during Lent (10)101 AcrossReveal answer →
Biblical deluge refuge (3)31 AcrossReveal answer →
Selfish desire (5)54 AcrossReveal answer →
Pass-the-baton race (5)56 AcrossReveal answer →
Come together (5)57 AcrossReveal answer →
Without a weapon (7)77 AcrossReveal answer →
Join forces (5)58 AcrossReveal answer →
More than one man mountain somewhere in 15 (8)88 AcrossReveal answer →
Hangers from cave ceilings (4)48 AcrossReveal answer →
Mike, goal or house? (4)410 AcrossReveal answer →
Supposed (8)811 AcrossReveal answer →
Python catches boa wandering by say, somewhere in 15 (7,3)1011 AcrossReveal answer →
Hard left turns approaching end of rally – something for the winner? (6)612 AcrossReveal answer →
Add on (6)613 AcrossReveal answer →
Hats off, supply a wrap (4,4)814 AcrossReveal answer →
Was she not given a choice to speak for country? (7)715 AcrossReveal answer →
Divine – or alternative? (6)615 AcrossReveal answer →
Excessive admiration (8)817 AcrossReveal answer →
Oath’s not a pretence, would Aussie say? (7)717 AcrossReveal answer →
Small amount – move in a hurry (4)418 AcrossReveal answer →
One way to stop traffic? (5)521 AcrossReveal answer →
Warning to offender (7)722 AcrossReveal answer →
Old man’s taken to island, 15 by the sound of it? (6)622 AcrossReveal answer →
One struck by god, Cupid (10)1023 AcrossReveal answer →
Pale and thin (10)1023 AcrossReveal answer →
Down
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Bacterium in rum real, is it? (8)81 DownReveal answer →
Rapidly (5)51 DownReveal answer →
Amphitheatre (5)51 DownReveal answer →
Fired up again (5)52 DownReveal answer →
A few (4)42 DownReveal answer →
Setter in a dress that’s short (4)42 DownReveal answer →
Rare soft silvery metal – dim uni (anag) (6)63 DownReveal answer →
Ode to a Nightingale poet (5)53 DownReveal answer →
Belly squeezed by fifth columnist in squat (6)63 DownReveal answer →
Food (4)44 DownReveal answer →
One teaches (8)84 DownReveal answer →
Nobody drunk now nobody drinks! (7)74 DownReveal answer →
Turn red, perhaps (3)35 DownReveal answer →
Cooking style (7)75 DownReveal answer →
Activation of lever in bed to get warmer at night? (8)85 DownReveal answer →
Inferior boss, decent after training (6-4)106 DownReveal answer →
In a vulnerable position (3,2,1,4)106 DownReveal answer →
Knight guzzling absinthe, originally on the wagon (6)67 DownReveal answer →
The lot (10)109 DownReveal answer →
Behind closed doors (2,6)812 DownReveal answer →
Thing concluding film featuring final lightweight item (7,3)1013 DownReveal answer →
Proportional (3,4)714 DownReveal answer →
Nursery (6)616 DownReveal answer →
Rodent taking wodge around lunchtime? (8)816 DownReveal answer →
Frivolous throw, cast and pitch? (8)818 DownReveal answer →
Periods on horseback where British king into himself? (7)719 DownReveal answer →
Wrong (5)519 DownReveal answer →
Car prefix (4)420 DownReveal answer →
Counter when a god denied church (6)621 DownReveal answer →
Ralph snatches ‘er wig (6)622 DownReveal answer →
Bellyache – something in 15’s patty? (4)424 DownReveal answer →
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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Thursday, August 6, 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.