The Guardian Crossword August 8 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 80 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 80 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 8 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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Former name of Welsh region, home to the annual Green Man Festival (6,7)6 AcrossReveal answer → Annual event in Norfolk, home to World Championship Snail Racing (7,4)7 AcrossReveal answer → Toy, target or top (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Avian features in posters? (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → List of names in a playbill (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → On the other side of the page (8)83 AcrossReveal answer → Backing bar party (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Jump on board? (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → Urge taking long strides when throwing off clothing (3)37 AcrossReveal answer → Snail trail (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Sing in the Alps (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Unexpectedly repents now (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Gets married (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Ineptly filter a small amount (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → Cockle or mussel, say (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → John __, author of Rabbit, Run and The Witches of Eastwick (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → Hoodwinked, without protection in place surrounded by water (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → One goes to the polls (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Mount __, volcano in Italy (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Support – acceptance (3-2)511 AcrossReveal answer → Rectangle (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → __ Bay, Cook’s landing place in Australia (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → The __ Witch Project, 1999 horror movie (5)513 AcrossReveal answer → Send out a message for part of book (4)413 AcrossReveal answer → Unlimited elevated commendation (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Sober – as OAP insisted (anag) (13)1314 AcrossReveal answer → __ O’Neal, star of Paper Moon (5)515 AcrossReveal answer → Twisted laciest component of knickers? (7)717 AcrossReveal answer → Soluble substance which can neutralise acids (6)617 AcrossReveal answer → __ Bevis, professional wrestler – and her mother (6)617 AcrossReveal answer → Amanda __, shepherd and television personality (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → It’s raised in support (5)519 AcrossReveal answer → Deity to follow around (3)319 AcrossReveal answer → Hard back (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → Very steep swerve (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Layered vegetable (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → The Stone of __, coronation block (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Small waterfall (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Forte or Fawlty? (8)824 AcrossReveal answer → Top of the range? (4)425 AcrossReveal answer →

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Call sign of the US presidential jet? (3,5,3)8 DownReveal answer → Welsh town, home to the annual World Bog Snorkelling Championships (9,5)9 DownReveal answer → Complain, table being wobbly (5)51 DownReveal answer → A person of consequence (8)81 DownReveal answer → Teapot cover (4)41 DownReveal answer → __ Ball, presenter (3)31 DownReveal answer → Permit (5)52 DownReveal answer → Another name for aubergine (8)82 DownReveal answer → Ornamental garden building (5)52 DownReveal answer → Severe punishments uncovered for taking wood from forest (7)72 DownReveal answer → Common feature of a children’s playground (5)53 DownReveal answer → Quantity provided in a flexible way (6)63 DownReveal answer → __ Fair, novel by Thackeray (6)63 DownReveal answer → Water plant hunted animal overturned (4)44 DownReveal answer → Where one problem leads to another, compounding the original difficulty (7,6)134 DownReveal answer → Measured with a stopwatch (5)54 DownReveal answer → Contend with creeping plant hiding edges (3)35 DownReveal answer → Competitor (5)55 DownReveal answer → Flannel peeled to make coffee? (5)56 DownReveal answer → Fish sometimes served jellied (4)46 DownReveal answer → Baltic state bordering Russia and Latvia (7)76 DownReveal answer → Plant which reproduces via spores (4)47 DownReveal answer → Sydney and Beatrice __, co-founders of the LSE (4)48 DownReveal answer → South American plant grown for its rice-like seeds (6)68 DownReveal answer → West Sussex town, home to an annual revival of events leading to D-day (9)911 DownReveal answer → English rocks or stones on beach (7)711 DownReveal answer → Ridiculous prices, in summary (6)612 DownReveal answer → Time for a drink (3,5)813 DownReveal answer → Outer parts of fruit drop off, turning upside down (5)513 DownReveal answer → One very respected tree (5)515 DownReveal answer → One plays alone (7)715 DownReveal answer → Surprise fans after upset (4)416 DownReveal answer → Stage name of the musician and animal rights activist Richard Hall (4)416 DownReveal answer → Slow on the uptake (6)616 DownReveal answer → Scandinavian country, capital Stockholm (6)617 DownReveal answer → Live a long time, having turned up (3)318 DownReveal answer → Cancel (5)518 DownReveal answer → A message hidden in a crossword puzzle (4)419 DownReveal answer → Treatment (5)520 DownReveal answer → Heavy hitter? (4)421 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, August 8, 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.