The Guardian Crossword June 26 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 60 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword June 26 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 60 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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Across
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Bans recitals – where this is played? (4,8)BASSCLARINET12Across1
Competed in a bee (5)SPELT5Across1
Intimidatory ploy (5,6)SCARETACTIC11Across5
___ de Lune (5)CLAIR5Across6
Game with an oval ball (5)RUGBY5Across7
Dry – slender – OK – refined – subtle (4)FINE4Across7
Capable of losing (8)BEATABLE8Across8
In ___ (Nirvana album) (5)UTERO5Across8
Owl, dick or flycatcher? (7)SPOTTED7Across9
Sherlock Holmes enemy Colonel Sebastian ___ (5)MORAN5Across9
Old President leading America a dance (5)POLKA5Across9
Australian working with Australian in support for Nasa employee (9)ASTRONAUT9Across10
Coffee without the kick (5)DECAF5Across11
Went down the Cresta carrying child’s protective headgear? (4,3)SKIDLID7Across11
South American or Greek character offering little of profit (7)CHILEAN7Across12
Source of light remains current in plant (4,6)SASHWINDOW10Across13
Inch – sleazebag (5)CREEP5Across13
Knitted item (7)WOOLLEN7Across14
Ready to complain after leader’s ousted (4)RIPE4Across15
Not to mention (3,5)LETALONE8Across16
Thin slip of metal, wood, etc, used to fill in space or to adjust parts (4)SHIM4Across17
School subject that has its problems (11)MATHEMATICS11Across18
Go to bring in a salver (4)TRAY4Across18
Alluring? Happen to have success with leading man (not love) (4-6)COMEHITHER10Across19
A lot of mud, intensely gleaming (7)SILVERY7Across22
No longer suppresses scorn – UK’s struggling (7)UNCORKS7Across24
Moved fast after active harbour regressed, becoming degenerate (9)ATROPHIED9Across25
Describing birth name in any way? Not entirely (5)NATAL5Across26
Wild shamrock Portuguese islands twice cut down, reducing unnecessary quantities (7,5)OCKHAMSRAZOR12Across27
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Basalt cracked with ice in chilly water (6,3)BALTICSEA9Down1
7ac formation (5)SCRUM5Down1
‘The Sheep-Pig’ (4)BABE4Down1
Mum permits paddling here? (8)SHALLOWS8Down2
Demoted planet (5)PLUTO5Down2
‘Ossie’s going to ___, his knees have gone all trembly’ (7)WEMBLEY7Down2
You might have a yen to go to this country (5)JAPAN5Down3
Vegetable, cold, resistant to the bite (5)CHARD5Down3
Raring to go (5)EAGER5Down3
‘You’re on!’ (3,1,4)ITSADEAL8Down4
Vegetable skill – I fail at a crucial moment (9)ARTICHOKE9Down4
Sign between Virgo and Scorpio (5)LIBRA5Down4
Presley limp (anag) – tree with oblong serrated leaves (8,3)SLIPPERYELM11Down5
Admired pair about to study carbon (6)ICONIC6Down5
Check for fit (5)TRYON5Down5
Laciest clan (anag) – squeezing exercises (11)CALLANETICS11Down6
Delete Times article finally (5)ERASE5Down6
Applications supporting section of stage work (6)OPUSES6Down7
Immediately agreeing to bring in Conservative (2,4)ATONCE6Down8
Where we are (3,5)THEEARTH8Down10
Posy (7)NOSEGAY7Down12
Metal? You mined rocks, gaining mass (9)NEODYMIUM9Down14
Bird on the Wire songwriter Leonard (5)COHEN5Down15
I note that woman with sex-appeal and gold – recipient of legacy? (9)INHERITOR9Down16
Lose traction (4)SKID4Down17
They help one view fix over Church elevating Eastern philosophy (5-3)PINCENEZ8Down17
Parts swapped in Latin song from part of Italy (6)TUSCAN6Down18
Concerned with Muslim leader rejecting an outcome (6)RESULT6Down20
Beautiful spot to get hot Japanese food (6)TEMPEH6Down21
Only rich seen around this theatre? (5)LYRIC5Down23
No place to steal from subordinate (5)UNDER5Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, June 26, 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.