The Guardian Crossword June 20 2026 Answers
Saturday puzzle · 77 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword June 20 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 77 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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Cultural exhibition which takes place every two years in Italy (6,8)VENICE6Across
Muscle(s) flexing the forearm (6)BICEPS6Across1
Ray comes out to see tree (8)SYCAMORE8Across1
Hamnet director Zhou (5)CHLOE5Across1
__ Christie, crime novelist (6)AGATHA6Across4
Like this clue (6)ACROSS6Across4
Bank job (5)HEIST5Across6
Imam’s god (5)ALLAH5Across7
By the sound of it, increased reaction to a pun? (5)GROAN5Across7
Goofball (5)FLAKE5Across8
Heads for protection at refuge keeping again windproof jacket (5)PARKA5Across8
Market town in Somerset (7,6)SHEPTONMALLET13Across8
Kind of point (5)FOCAL5Across9
Clara’s disturbed scoundrel (6)RASCAL6Across9
Forty winks (4-3)SHUTEYE7Across9
Scottish name for rutabaga (4)NEEP4Across10
It’ll show you the world (5)ATLAS5Across10
Join fool in audience (4)KNIT4Across11
Rica, Brava or Blanca (5)COSTA5Across11
Piece of fitted equipment? French article is linked to it (4)UNIT4Across12
In proportion (2,5)TOSCALE7Across12
Set of clothing I treat differently (6)ATTIRE6Across13
Another name for moire fabric (7,4)WATEREDSILK11Across13
I’m a novelist (anag) – buttercup-like plant (4-2-1-4)LOVEINAMIST11Across13
Proper crease, we’re told (5)PUKKA5Across16
Bryan __, star of Breaking Bad (8)CRANSTON8Across17
Regulation right for item of stationery (5)RULER5Across17
Korean music genre (1-3)KPOP4Across18
On occasions (2,5)ATTIMES7Across18
Accent by journalist is emphasised (8)STRESSED8Across18
Hot drink – I should ___ (5)COCOA5Across20
Name given to a series of killings during the French Revolution (5,2,6)REIGNOFTERROR13Across21
So as to be heard (5)ALOUD5Across22
Clyde’s partner in crime? (6)BONNIE6Across22
Perform surgery (7)OPERATE7Across23
Lose light (6)DARKEN6Across24
Creditable – obliging – far from obscene (6)DECENT6Across25
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Collection of folk tales from the Islamic golden age (7,6)ARABIAN7Down
Surplus mag reviewed possible additions to tea? (5,5)SUGARLUMPS10Down1
Cut in half (6)BISECT6Down1
Refuse (5)CHAFF5Down1
Principal deity of Hinduism (6)VISHNU6Down1
2015 Adele hit (5)HELLO5Down2
Relationship of Catherine Anne Hubback to Jane Austen? (5)NIECE5Down2
Black suit (5)CLUBS5Down2
Cuts moments for eating accessories? (10)CHOPSTICKS10Down2
Pale purple hue (5)LILAC5Down3
Forebode (7)PRESAGE7Down3
Chap on island with a preoccupation (5)MANIA5Down3
__ Blanchett, star of Tár (4)CATE4Down3
Honshu city (5)OSAKA5Down4
First signs of raspberries in punnets essentially ready to eat (4)RIPE4Down4
___ Skinner, iconic EastEnders character (5)ETHEL5Down5
Beliefs leading teachers articulated (10)PRINCIPLES10Down5
Policy of openness introduced to the Soviet Union by Gorbachev (8)GLASNOST8Down5
Disorder – ___ theory (5)CHAOS5Down5
Type of memoir favoured by the popular press? (4-3)TELLALL7Down6
Tact glider deployed to get cover put on a ditch (6,4)CATTLEGRID10Down6
Joan of Arc city (7)ORLEANS7Down6
Prince Harry’s dukedom (6)SUSSEX6Down7
Clement __, prime minister 1945-51 (6)ATTLEE6Down7
Bookmaker’s location (7,4)BETTINGSHOP11Down8
Michael Frayn farce based on events backstage (6,3)NOISESOFF9Down9
At the outset, learner explores another meadow (3)LEA3Down10
The Finnish capital (8)HELSINKI8Down12
Brief steer requiring modification (5)TERSE5Down14
Up to our (anag) – leak (7)OUTPOUR7Down14
Stand by load to be picked up (4)WAIT4Down15
Beetle often used as a seal in ancient Egypt (6)SCARAB6Down15
Heavy knife or cutlass of Central and S America (7)MACHETE7Down15
Pop duo fronted by Russell Mael (6)SPARKS6Down16
French duck – hoax (6)CANARD6Down16
Arrive (4,2)MAKEIT6Down17
Australian city on the Swan River (5)PERTH5Down19
Pop’s Ure – gnat’s kin (5)MIDGE5Down19
Ghanaian currency (4)CEDI4Down20
Fruit container – decrepit vehicle (5)CRATE5Down21
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, June 20, 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.