The Guardian Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 52 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for May 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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Across

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Parts of teapots (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Fuss follows Kipling novel about Japanese emperor (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Wireless network device (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Eg x, y or z having a range of possible values (8)86 AcrossReveal answer → Snack wherein raspberries somewhat making a comeback (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → Light on one’s feet (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Angrily attacks plump child (6,2)810 AcrossReveal answer → Boorish (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → Awful magnate uses relief (11)1111 AcrossReveal answer → Simple card game based on matching (4)411 AcrossReveal answer → Paul McCartney and Kim Deal, musically speaking (8)812 AcrossReveal answer → Like clothes that are put on in the dark, perhaps (6-3)914 AcrossReveal answer → Outdo Kew Gardens, ultimately plugging trim variety of primula (7)715 AcrossReveal answer → Imminent selection of trains to Retford (2,5)717 AcrossReveal answer → Form of Jewish mysticism (8)818 AcrossReveal answer → Updates can’t corrupt word-processing technique (3,3,5)1118 AcrossReveal answer → Secret language (4)420 AcrossReveal answer → Daily grind (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Composition of other ranks taken on by Nelson without introduction (8)822 AcrossReveal answer → Score of two under par (5)523 AcrossReveal answer → Compete with sides from Nigeria outside northern capital (6)623 AcrossReveal answer → Communicating in a loud or aggressive manner (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Pop round, given small desire for food (8)824 AcrossReveal answer → Sold tickets outside a gig, for example (6)625 AcrossReveal answer → Venerate American patriot Paul (6)625 AcrossReveal answer →

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Thin on the ground (6)61 DownReveal answer → Terrible wind interrupts middle of meal. Curry perhaps? (6)61 DownReveal answer → Art requiring a folder? (7)72 DownReveal answer → The morning after ejecting good Hislop, say, from a royal house (10)102 DownReveal answer → Let ___ Talk (Hugh Laurie album) (4)43 DownReveal answer → Overturned legal action about new fool’s complaint in hearing (8)83 DownReveal answer → Discrepancy is holding up male striker? (8)84 DownReveal answer → Special event (8)85 DownReveal answer → OK, USA angry with raw Japanese film-maker (8)85 DownReveal answer → Supporting framework (5)56 DownReveal answer → Go over again (6)67 DownReveal answer → Crash into party (4)47 DownReveal answer → Regularly observed Neptunian volcano (4)48 DownReveal answer → Manage funds (anag) – trouble, facetiously (3,3,5)118 DownReveal answer → English pirate confused with tax exile (10)1012 DownReveal answer → Daydreamer (8)813 DownReveal answer → Rubbish collection of points almost nobody accepts (8)813 DownReveal answer → Create classes in biology on vacuous theme (8)814 DownReveal answer → Idea (7)715 DownReveal answer → Track automatically not changed after secure start to Olympics (4,2,2)816 DownReveal answer → Some garments with pleats (6)616 DownReveal answer → Folklore tale (6)617 DownReveal answer → Shrub split in part (6)619 DownReveal answer → Former heavyweight boxer Frank (5)519 DownReveal answer → Increasingly bright star Victor wears angora, off and on (4)420 DownReveal answer → Nothing (4)421 DownReveal answer → Finally evading snake, breathe with effort (4)421 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, May 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.