The Guardian Crossword August 9 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 64 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for August 9 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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Spicy meat and bean dish (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Willowy – or flimsy (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Check appearance for president (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Game played in a hall (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Avoid part of process on border (8)84 AcrossReveal answer → Flat-bottomed boat (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → ‘I couldn’t tell them ___’ (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Shoe with no laces (4-2)67 AcrossReveal answer → Loved to bits (6)68 AcrossReveal answer → Every one gathered with present get invitation to join in (3,8,3)148 AcrossReveal answer → Delicious food (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Part of orange peel (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Cowboy boot attachment (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Sports contest, for the visitors (4,4)810 AcrossReveal answer → Is it ok to ask for a repeat? (4,4)810 AcrossReveal answer → Relaxed as Republican enters a challenge (2,4)611 AcrossReveal answer → Carrying off a second rate set of pipes (9)912 AcrossReveal answer → Young member of parliament? (5)512 AcrossReveal answer → Competed in a marathon, say (5)514 AcrossReveal answer → Exaggerate large raise (3,2)515 AcrossReveal answer → Dispute arrest (3-2)517 AcrossReveal answer → Piglet had disrupted aircraft’s landing approach (5,4)918 AcrossReveal answer → Priced individually, on menus (1,2,5)818 AcrossReveal answer → Almost cry out during festival – it obscures your vision (6)619 AcrossReveal answer → Place for doing laps (4)420 AcrossReveal answer → Excavator (6)621 AcrossReveal answer → Holiday cancelled? You must be joking (5,3)821 AcrossReveal answer → Alexander, butter or snap (6)622 AcrossReveal answer → Larceny (5)523 AcrossReveal answer → Call after date – it’s a sign of serious commitment (10,4)1424 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting with a medium (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Deck boss turned out in nightwear (8)825 AcrossReveal answer → Tart ironically described like this on menu (5)526 AcrossReveal answer →

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___ artist (4)41 DownReveal answer → Spooner lecturing arrogant airline – it can reduce accidents (5,7)121 DownReveal answer → Afro-Caribbean music (7)71 DownReveal answer → Bolivian capital (2,3)52 DownReveal answer → Admitted a lone wild drunk (7,2)92 DownReveal answer → Put in danger (7)72 DownReveal answer → Silly (5)53 DownReveal answer → Southern part of base provides resting area (5)53 DownReveal answer → City on the River Lune (9)93 DownReveal answer → Pal (5)54 DownReveal answer → Notice cutting type of irresolute behaviour (3-6)94 DownReveal answer → Eves’ counterparts (5)54 DownReveal answer → Tell tales (7)75 DownReveal answer → Half of dons hate city (4)45 DownReveal answer → Lots and lots (6)66 DownReveal answer → The French state (4)46 DownReveal answer → Easy to read report of cheat on board (9)96 DownReveal answer → Weirdo’s diet regularly includes crumble (5)57 DownReveal answer → Finish quarrel by counting to ten? (4,3,5)129 DownReveal answer → Pleasant (9)911 DownReveal answer → Writer blocking waterways? They’ll have him for breakfast (9)913 DownReveal answer → Dispute while at loggerheads (7)713 DownReveal answer → I see gulls circling? That’s natural (9)914 DownReveal answer → Team leader (7)715 DownReveal answer → Add some sparkle to gem sailor messed with (9)916 DownReveal answer → Last-ditch (2-2-3)716 DownReveal answer → Wild West outlaw (6)617 DownReveal answer → Highly capable (5)519 DownReveal answer → Wise man spots current in Irish river (5)520 DownReveal answer → Partially apologise to Vatican over ballots (5)522 DownReveal answer → Starts to manufacture exceptionally reliable cable car (4)423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, August 9, 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.