The Guardian Crossword June 17 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for June 17 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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Face-to-face with (2,7)91 AcrossReveal answer → Put out bin at front – one of two (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Gentlewoman’s title (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Main house where one might get depressed (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Team building? (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Tennis legend Ivan (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Silent (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Fourth planet from the sun (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Cricket event, with ‘The’ (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Perhaps, Labour on holding a poll, finally Andy Burnham is running (6,9)159 AcrossReveal answer → Dug up (9)99 AcrossReveal answer → Person sparking up pressing a lighter (6)610 AcrossReveal answer → Painter, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Insect transported via straight banana (8)811 AcrossReveal answer → M&S restricting space to show clothing range (8)812 AcrossReveal answer → Ovine constellation (5)513 AcrossReveal answer → Stop speaking English – virtually nothing (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Have sex with old females in sack (3-3)615 AcrossReveal answer → Opening period (4-2)615 AcrossReveal answer → Cease’s counterpart (6)616 AcrossReveal answer → Figure ___ (6)617 AcrossReveal answer → Supporter on seat in stand getting behind defender (8)818 AcrossReveal answer → Old-fashioned term meaning to find a radio or TV broadcast (4,2)619 AcrossReveal answer → Hindu queen also spelled with an ‘i’ (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → Handle of shortened rifle concealed by jacket from tracksuit (8)821 AcrossReveal answer → Bird – bar – banter (4)421 AcrossReveal answer → Get lost taking on run in country (6)622 AcrossReveal answer → Pertaining to buccaneers (9)924 AcrossReveal answer → Botched tattoo line, briefly – nearly balls up in this drawing (8,7)1524 AcrossReveal answer → Lion King baddie – injury reminder (4)425 AcrossReveal answer → Only fish by lake close to jetty (6)625 AcrossReveal answer → Pollinate, perhaps (9)926 AcrossReveal answer → Make out while retired women swing (6)626 AcrossReveal answer →

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Date after chemistry and kinky sex (7)71 DownReveal answer → Gozo Island is part of it (5)51 DownReveal answer → Environs (5)52 DownReveal answer → Watch money deposited in bank (5)52 DownReveal answer → Glazier’s unit (4)42 DownReveal answer → Dame Judi (5)53 DownReveal answer → Blow up balloon (7)73 DownReveal answer → Tennis’s Steffi (4)43 DownReveal answer → Four Weddings’ MacDowell (5)54 DownReveal answer → One after another (2,4)64 DownReveal answer → ___ prunes – inebriated (6)65 DownReveal answer → Semi-naked couple cuddle (7)75 DownReveal answer → Brewery supply (5)55 DownReveal answer → Over in beer garden at the back knocking back port wine (5,4)96 DownReveal answer → Organisms living on or in others (9)96 DownReveal answer → Love letter’s opening written in bold (7)77 DownReveal answer → This person is here to help (9)97 DownReveal answer → Large bottom: cut showing cheek (6)68 DownReveal answer → Losers’ hub (anag) – pink bloom (5-4)911 DownReveal answer → There’s a Good one in the bible (9)912 DownReveal answer → Bird to cuddle bachelor in bed? (9)913 DownReveal answer → Qualified first-___ (5)513 DownReveal answer → Transition from one piece of music to another (5)514 DownReveal answer → Pair regularly on bender, ultimately they pick up debt (7)716 DownReveal answer → Wash face with this soft soap (7)717 DownReveal answer → British PM doesn’t finish campaign (6)618 DownReveal answer → Steep-sided valley (6)618 DownReveal answer → Sympathise as Charlie not off jobseeker’s allowance (7)719 DownReveal answer → Rent-payer (6)619 DownReveal answer → Bird bath with rook pinching top spot off family member (7)720 DownReveal answer → Pickling herb (4)422 DownReveal answer → The Lovely ___ o’ Inverness (Burns) (4)423 DownReveal answer → Admires topless chests (5)523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, June 17, 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.