The Guardian Crossword August 7 2026 Answers
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Below are all the The Guardian Crossword August 7 2026 answers. The Friday 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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Positive thinking (8)OPTIMISM8Across1
Advantage of computerised identikit picture when pursuing crook virtually (7)BENEFIT7Across1
Disappointing firework (3)DUD3Across1
Thin French pancake (5)CREPE5Across4
Spotted predator – shark is caught (7)CHEETAH7Across5
Bird with ability to mimic human voice (4)MYNA4Across5
Cars (5)AUTOS5Across6
Cheap wine (5)PLONK5Across7
Same-__ marriage (3)SEX3Across8
Young male nurse is loaded (5)LADEN5Across9
Beaton or B. DeMille? (5)CECIL5Across9
Tea, cream – not full fat – oddly it’s a Cambodian delicacy (9)TARANTULA9Across10
Gymnastic entertainer (7)ACROBAT7Across10
Call Musk with Washington opening that ought to bear fruit (10)WATERMELON10Across11
Not sincere (12)DISINGENUOUS12Across11
Two Americans holding back on driving range (3)AGA3Across12
Sid – or Julius? (6)CAESAR6Across13
One of the family – or one of the gang? (6)MEMBER6Across14
Pop singer’s ill – lie about swallowing pill in trashed Ibis hotel (6,6)BILLIEEILISH12Across14
Must-have (12)PREREQUISITE12Across17
TV star barking cruelly at crew (6.6)TRACEYULLMAN12Across18
Runs in tights (7)LADDERS7Across20
Apply (oneself) (5)EXERT5Across21
Bow and scrape while retreating to some extent (3)ARC3Across21
Hunk needing reason to start op-ed? (5,5)THINKPIECE10Across22
Follow orders (4)OBEY4Across22
Mint (5-3)BRANDNEW8Across23
Corrupt state maybe does if cutting back (9)PUTREFIED9Across25
Initially in sonatas, Liszt enjoyed this minor key (5)ISLET5Across26
Expensive – taking 150 Euros, say (7)DECLARE7Across27
In bed, weary, drinking wine – quite the opposite (7)RETIRED7Across28
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On vacation Bradley Walsh ultimately ignored resort’s in-house rules? (6)BYLAWS6Down1
As soon as (4)ONCE4Down1
Rehab procedure (5)DETOX5Down1
‘Once __ a time … ’ (4)UPON4Down2
Nice to touch (7)TACTILE7Down2
Finally – given you identified graffiti artist – Banksy’s in exposed state (6)NUDITY6Down2
Escritoire (4)DESK4Down3
In France and in Germany, shaver sounded 1 across? (4-6)FUNDRAISER10Down3
Having many aspects (12)MULTIFACETED12Down3
Tax article without it (5)TITHE5Down4
WHAT THIS CLUE IS WRITTEN IN (4)CAPS4Down4
Hirsute (6)SHAGGY6Down4
My friend entertains men with essentially new material (9)CORPOREAL9Down5
Govern (4)RULE4Down5
Lout (5)YOBBO5Down6
Ages in prison’s manure shed (4)EONS4Down6
A film star cycles and waves (8)TSUNAMIS8Down7
Creative skill (8)ARTISTRY8Down7
1818 Mary Shelley novel (12)FRANKENSTEIN12Down8
Pine nut’s beginning to be problem (8)HEADACHE8Down8
Resort on Mexico’s Pacific coast (8)ACAPULCO8Down12
School paid to spin results in mock (10)DISAPPOINT10Down13
Conducted lessons in English, with students covering tenses – one might appear with a smile (5,4)LAUGHLINE9Down15
In the middle of (7)BETWEEN7Down15
Leaves power drills on the counter, securely fastened (8)STRAPPED8Down16
It marks one’s place on a computer (6)CURSOR6Down16
Sedative not applicable on piercing in the middle of the ear (8)NARCOTIC8Down17
Comedian Murphy or Frasier dog (5)EDDIE5Down18
Simmer (with anger perhaps) (4)STEW4Down19
Stock of wine merchant delivered (6)CELLAR6Down19
Gossipy magazine journalist is excited (6)HEATED6Down20
Lowest point of brain drain with regular emigration climbing (5)NADIR5Down23
Excellent, for example, to be Morocco-bound (4)MEGA4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, August 7, 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.