The Guardian Crossword June 22 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword June 22 2026 answers. The Monday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Special ceremony for fairy (6)SPRITE6Across1 Last Greek letter (5)OMEGA5Across1 Outgoing Great British Bake Off host (4)PRUE4Across1 Widespread coniferous trees of distinctive conical shape (7)SPRUCES7Across4 Nuisances (5)PAINS5Across5 Hairy arrangement faced by harvester? (8)CORNROWS8Across5 German imports (5)AUDIS5Across6 Is of ___ (helps) (5)USETO5Across7 Informed estimate (8,5)EDUCATEDGUESS13Across8 No so much (4)LESS4Across8 Its capital is Bridgetown (8)BARBADOS8Across9 Halfway through play perhaps catheter fails (3,5)ACTTHREE8Across9 Such a case of conceitedness? (6)VANITY6Across10 ‘Spumanti’ wine town (4)ASTI4Across11 Express pleasure, turning up with classy car (4)PURR4Across11 Mortified, having to sing wordlessly to one particular backing (10)HUMILIATED10Across12 In tin, weak fertiliser (6)STAMEN6Across13 At work (2,4)ONDUTY6Across13 Into stones, crystals etc (3-3)NEWAGE6Across14 Pass reply to pollster (4,4)DONTKNOW8Across14 Wounded hero accustomed to being moved elsewhere (8)REHOUSED8Across16 Event with paces, pistols and seconds (4)DUEL4Across16 Ruby anniversary (8)FORTIETH8Across17 Arrogant but promoted – shame (6)UPPITY6Across19 Composure (5,5,3)STIFFUPPERLIP13Across19 From the late 1940s, say (4-3)POSTWAR7Across21 Drinking hole where one may buy round after round (10)NINETEENTH10Across21 Contract the brows in a threatening or angry manner (5)SCOWL5Across22 Farm animals’ exploit recounted (4)EWES4Across23 Tedious speech, a statement of belief by saint (6)SCREED6Across24 Yields items of jewellery to be thrown away? (6,2)BRINGSIN8Across25 To seek computer assistance is to invite trouble (3,3,2)ASKFORIT8Across26 Two types of earth, very wet (6)SODDEN6Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Stop the streaming (5)PAUSE5Down1 Bedouins’ loops (anag) – someone wants a fight (4,5,2,2)ONESBLOODISUP13Down1 Recover from shock of upsetting the board? (4,2,3,6)PICKUPTHEPIECES15Down2 Horseback outings (5)RIDES5Down2 Largest living bird after the ostrich (3)EMU3Down2 Yards or metres, e.g. (5)UNITS5Down3 Alternative to prix fixe (1,2,5)ALACARTE8Down3 During school time, accepting one is temporary (7)INTERIM7Down3 I’m off! (3,3)SEEYOU6Down4 US lawman perfects hearing aid (9)EARPHONES9Down4 Petrol station name (4)ESSO4Down4 Like some potatoes? Made huge fuss, denied starter (7)CREAMED7Down5 Ongoing Great British Bake Off host (4)PAUL4Down5 Starting point on road to riches? (4)RAGS4Down5 Match with mates (5,4)CHESSGAME9Down6 Delight as joystick is pulled up (5)REVEL5Down6 Location for frescoes by Botticelli (7,6)SISTINECHAPEL13Down7 Hurried with big bag for plunder (7)RANSACK7Down7 Excitedly invite whore, then fail through inanition (6,2,3,4)WITHERONTHEVINE15Down8 Parachute regiment or Man U (3,6)REDDEVILS9Down10 Like some modern ‘beefburgers’ (8)MEATLESS8Down12 Ten years at the start of century? It’s enough mess (9)NOUGHTIES9Down15 Lethargy (6)TORPOR6Down15 Me and my little helper? (7)ONESELF7Down17 Special symbol indicating ingredients of pudding batter (7)DINGBAT7Down18 Not many (1,3)AFEW4Down18 Card game – facilities (3)LOO3Down20 Paid across the counter as promised (7)PLEDGED7Down20 Monarch formerly eating fish and duck (5)EIDER5Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Monday, June 22, 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.