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The Guardian Crossword May 17 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword May 17 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 52 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#
Parts of teapots (6)SPOUTS6Across1 Fuss follows Kipling novel about Japanese emperor (6)MIKADO6Across4 Wireless network device (6)ROUTER6Across4 Eg x, y or z having a range of possible values (8)VARIABLE8Across6 Snack wherein raspberries somewhat making a comeback (6)SARNIE6Across9 Light on one’s feet (5)AGILE5Across9 Angrily attacks plump child (6,2)ROUNDSON8Across10 Boorish (7)UNCOUTH7Across10 Awful magnate uses relief (11)ASSUAGEMENT11Across11 Simple card game based on matching (4)SNAP4Across11 Paul McCartney and Kim Deal, musically speaking (8)BASSISTS8Across12 Like clothes that are put on in the dark, perhaps (6-3)INSIDEOUT9Across14 Outdo Kew Gardens, ultimately plugging trim variety of primula (7)COWSLIP7Across15 Imminent selection of trains to Retford (2,5)INSTORE7Across17 Form of Jewish mysticism (8)KABBALAH8Across18 Updates can’t corrupt word-processing technique (3,3,5)CUTANDPASTE11Across18 Secret language (4)CODE4Across20 Daily grind (7)ROUTINE7Across22 Composition of other ranks taken on by Nelson without introduction (8)ORATORIO8Across22 Score of two under par (5)EAGLE5Across23 Compete with sides from Nigeria outside northern capital (6)VIENNA6Across23 Communicating in a loud or aggressive manner (6)SHOUTY6Across24 Pop round, given small desire for food (8)APPETITE8Across24 Sold tickets outside a gig, for example (6)TOUTED6Across25 Venerate American patriot Paul (6)REVERE6Across25

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Thin on the ground (6)SPARSE6Down1 Terrible wind interrupts middle of meal. Curry perhaps? (6)EDWINA6Down1 Art requiring a folder? (7)ORIGAMI7Down2 The morning after ejecting good Hislop, say, from a royal house (10)HANOVERIAN10Down2 Let ___ Talk (Hugh Laurie album) (4)THEM4Down3 Overturned legal action about new fool’s complaint in hearing (8)TINNITUS8Down3 Discrepancy is holding up male striker? (8)MISMATCH8Down4 Special event (8)OCCASION8Down5 OK, USA angry with raw Japanese film-maker (8)KUROSAWA8Down5 Supporting framework (5)TRUSS5Down6 Go over again (6)REHASH6Down7 Crash into party (4)BASH4Down7 Regularly observed Neptunian volcano (4)ETNA4Down8 Manage funds (anag) – trouble, facetiously (3,3,5)FUNANDGAMES11Down8 English pirate confused with tax exile (10)EXPATRIATE10Down12 Daydreamer (8)ESCAPIST8Down13 Rubbish collection of points almost nobody accepts (8)NONSENSE8Down13 Create classes in biology on vacuous theme (8)GENERATE8Down14 Idea (7)THOUGHT7Down15 Track automatically not changed after secure start to Olympics (4,2,2)LOCKONTO8Down16 Some garments with pleats (6)SKIRTS6Down16 Folklore tale (6)LEGEND6Down17 Shrub split in part (6)PRIVET6Down19 Former heavyweight boxer Frank (5)BRUNO5Down19 Increasingly bright star Victor wears angora, off and on (4)NOVA4Down20 Nothing (4)ZERO4Down21 Finally evading snake, breathe with effort (4)GASP4Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, May 17, 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.