The Guardian Crossword June 17 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword June 17 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 66 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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Face-to-face with (2,7)UPAGAINST9Across1
Put out bin at front – one of two (6)BOTHER6Across1
Gentlewoman’s title (5)MADAM5Across1
Main house where one might get depressed (6)KEYPAD6Across4
Team building? (5)ARENA5Across6
Tennis legend Ivan (5)LENDL5Across7
Silent (5)TACIT5Across8
Fourth planet from the sun (4)MARS4Across8
Cricket event, with ‘The’ (5)ASHES5Across9
Perhaps, Labour on holding a poll, finally Andy Burnham is running (6,9)ANIMALHUSBANDRY15Across9
Dug up (9)UNEARTHED9Across9
Person sparking up pressing a lighter (6)FAIRER6Across10
Painter, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (4)DALI4Across10
Insect transported via straight banana (8)PLANTAIN8Across11
M&S restricting space to show clothing range (8)MENSWEAR8Across12
Ovine constellation (5)ARIES5Across13
Stop speaking English – virtually nothing (6)ENOUGH6Across14
Have sex with old females in sack (3-3)LAYOFF6Across15
Opening period (4-2)LEADIN6Across15
Cease’s counterpart (6)DESIST6Across16
Figure ___ (6)SKATER6Across17
Supporter on seat in stand getting behind defender (8)BACKREST8Across18
Old-fashioned term meaning to find a radio or TV broadcast (4,2)TUNEIN6Across19
Hindu queen also spelled with an ‘i’ (5)RANEE5Across20
Handle of shortened rifle concealed by jacket from tracksuit (8)TRANSACT8Across21
Bird – bar – banter (4)RAIL4Across21
Get lost taking on run in country (6)NORWAY6Across22
Pertaining to buccaneers (9)PIRATICAL9Across24
Botched tattoo line, briefly – nearly balls up in this drawing (8,7)NATIONALLOTTERY15Across24
Lion King baddie – injury reminder (4)SCAR4Across25
Only fish by lake close to jetty (6)SOLELY6Across25
Pollinate, perhaps (9)FERTILISE9Across26
Make out while retired women swing (6)SEESAW6Across26
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Date after chemistry and kinky sex (7)BONDAGE7Down1
Gozo Island is part of it (5)MALTA5Down1
Environs (5)AREAS5Down2
Watch money deposited in bank (5)TIMER5Down2
Glazier’s unit (4)PANE4Down2
Dame Judi (5)DENCH5Down3
Blow up balloon (7)ENLARGE7Down3
Tennis’s Steffi (4)GRAF4Down3
Four Weddings’ MacDowell (5)ANDIE5Down4
One after another (2,4)INTURN6Down4
___ prunes – inebriated (6)STEWED6Down5
Semi-naked couple cuddle (7)EMBRACE7Down5
Brewery supply (5)MALTS5Down5
Over in beer garden at the back knocking back port wine (5,4)PINOTNOIR9Down6
Organisms living on or in others (9)PARASITES9Down6
Love letter’s opening written in bold (7)DARLING7Down7
This person is here to help (9)ASSISTANT9Down7
Large bottom: cut showing cheek (6)BUMPER6Down8
Losers’ hub (anag) – pink bloom (5-4)BLUSHROSE9Down11
There’s a Good one in the bible (9)SAMARITAN9Down12
Bird to cuddle bachelor in bed? (9)SPOONBILL9Down13
Qualified first-___ (5)AIDER5Down13
Transition from one piece of music to another (5)SEGUE5Down14
Pair regularly on bender, ultimately they pick up debt (7)ARREARS7Down16
Wash face with this soft soap (7)FLANNEL7Down17
British PM doesn’t finish campaign (6)BATTLE6Down18
Steep-sided valley (6)RAVINE6Down18
Sympathise as Charlie not off jobseeker’s allowance (7)CONDOLE7Down19
Rent-payer (6)TENANT6Down19
Bird bath with rook pinching top spot off family member (7)SPARROW7Down20
Pickling herb (4)DILL4Down22
The Lovely ___ o’ Inverness (Burns) (4)LASS4Down23
Admires topless chests (5)RATES5Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, June 17, 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.