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.