The Guardian Crossword June 16 2026 Answers
Tuesday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword June 16 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 62 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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Prices down, cleaners refurbished undesirable address in Norwich? (6,7,5)PRINCEANDREWS13Across
How many setters start the day in chaos? (4.9)DOGSBREAKFAST13Across1
Mischievous (6)IMPISH6Across1
Bravery, informally (4)GUTS4Across1
Corset strips – remains (5)STAYS5Across4
Bungling (5)INEPT5Across5
Name on a hotel bible (6)GIDEON6Across7
Take the wheel (5)STEER5Across7
Country with longest coastline (6)CANADA6Across8
Deed (5)TITLE5Across8
Jennifer of Pride and Prejudice (4)EHLE4Across9
Supposed Himalayan (4)YETI4Across9
Break free from constraints (3,5)CUTLOOSE8Across10
A long lens ultimately keeping Lenny’s body in range (9)APENNINES9Across10
Supports while accepting risk (5)ABETS5Across11
Thicknesses (anag) – lack of order (11)SKETCHINESS11Across12
Check Republicans’s been sacked – result! (5)ENSUE5Across12
Awkward our being close to Spanish border (9)NEIGHBOUR9Across13
Is company taking on somebody as playwright? (7)IONESCO7Across14
Enjoyment’s over – ready to leave for good (5,2)SNUFFIT7Across16
Hardly coy (8)IMMODEST8Across17
‘Gathered government’s not productive’ (Davey) (7)GLEANED7Across18
Scottish surplice – Channel Island (4)SARK4Across19
Muppet – container for junior’s juice? (6)BEAKER6Across20
Keep boss cut off, exactly as ordered (7)BESPOKE7Across20
Go with girl to collect a little cabinet – it should contain drawers (4,5)LIFECLASS9Across21
Ethos – distilled liquid (6)SPIRIT6Across21
The Lake Isle of Innisfree poet (5)YEATS5Across22
Load coach before journey (5)CARGO5Across23
Break – nook (6)RECESS6Across23
I made a mistake taking heroin during journey – 19s might be on it (9)TROOPSHIP9Across25
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Heart of the matter (4)GIST4Down1
Reserve (7)ICINESS7Down1
Free, as laces (5)UNTIE5Down2
Honour thrilled niece – ASBO! (9)OBEISANCE9Down2
Exact (7)PRECISE7Down2
Food grinders? (5)TEETH5Down3
Themed, often Romantic musical collection (4,5)SONGCYCLE9Down3
Confess, having originally eaten char (5)SINGE5Down3
Metaphor for a sluggish individual (5)SNAIL5Down4
Drive home to meet (3,4)RUNINTO7Down4
Lumos, Expelliarmus, or Expecto Patronum (5)SPELL5Down4
Lays into American behind troubles (7)ASSAILS7Down5
Bewildered (2,1,4)ATALOSS7Down5
Gordon, comically tight, sent back shooting accessories (9)FLASHGUNS9Down6
Sherwood Forest growth (4)TREE4Down6
Running ___ (6)SCARED6Down6
Take responsibility for diatomic carbon, they said (3,2)SEETO5Down7
Women doctors taking train east nervous – ‘Where can one get a drink?’ (8,5)WATERINGPLACE13Down8
Dire prospects unsettled group morale (6,2,5)ESPRITDECORPS13Down9
French-derived word for sorrow (9)TRISTESSE9Down11
Ugandan capital (7)KAMPALA7Down13
Descriptor of some bathrooms (2,5)ENSUITE7Down14
Dire ___ (7)STRAITS7Down15
Students about to have sex endlessly – nurse providing some sort of protection (9)SUNSCREEN9Down15
In an agile manner (6)NIMBLY6Down16
Shocks on the way in cabaret (5,4)FLOORSHOW9Down17
Impurities at the bottom (5)DREGS5Down18
Crazy English repeatedly defending king – one chosen to serve (7)DRAFTEE7Down19
Idiot stops benefit – blow it! (7)BASOOON7Down20
Cake maker with large number over (5)FLOUR5Down22
Skip picked up more packing cases (5)CAPER5Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Tuesday, June 16, 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.