The Guardian Crossword May 2 2026 Answers

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Below are all 70 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for May 2 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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California city known for its tennis tournament (6,5)6 AcrossReveal answer → They’re melting variety of cheeses with it (3,6)3 AcrossReveal answer → Abroad with old newspaper – ambassador has issue 5 (3,2,3,8)3 AcrossReveal answer → Help Lassie use sty without limits (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Who will volunteer in a big city matter? (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → Speak no words, somewhat understand (4)44 AcrossReveal answer → In retrospect working both sides of casino is impossible (2,3,2)75 AcrossReveal answer → Elmore Leonard’s sequel to Get Shorty (2,4)67 AcrossReveal answer → Straits of __, waterway between Iran and the Arabian peninsula (6)68 AcrossReveal answer → Government quitting land – drinks for everyone! (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Come in, get into here, no outsiders! (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → __ 13, environmental threat caused by air pollution (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Ruined feature of the Brighton seafront (4,4)810 AcrossReveal answer → This might help vehicle that’s regularly going the wrong way (3-3)610 AcrossReveal answer → From inside, watches crab bleakly claw about (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Rather get away without minor inconvenience (4-4)811 AcrossReveal answer → Speech from old Bangui sages, not taking sides (8)813 AcrossReveal answer → Bob maybe in N. London borough (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → Attendant doctor possessing perfect penmanship at the outset (8)814 AcrossReveal answer → Unknown joining Disney to make music (5)515 AcrossReveal answer → Crush West when revolutionary invades – being easily shocked (9)916 AcrossReveal answer → Cold, missing female is stiff (5)516 AcrossReveal answer → Cards of a suit that outranks other suits in contract bridge (6)617 AcrossReveal answer → Stole from dealer’s car forecourt (5)517 AcrossReveal answer → Unites weak men lacking some energy (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Tea set laid out – it’s my property (6)619 AcrossReveal answer → Financial assistance from founders securing a little investment (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Waterway linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara (8)820 AcrossReveal answer → Small PC close to price range (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → John __, author of Ten Days That Shook the World (4)422 AcrossReveal answer → __ Aldridge, character in The Archers (6)623 AcrossReveal answer → Particularly noxious six books on order (8)824 AcrossReveal answer → How Captain Kirk aspired to go? (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Uhura discovered characters bringing up the rear in red will die in difficulty (6)626 AcrossReveal answer → Also manage to hold sign saying farewell (6-2)828 AcrossReveal answer → Originally, everyone sees knitting is my love language (6)629 AcrossReveal answer → Occasionally teenagers obsess and completely engage (7)730 AcrossReveal answer → Huge egg supplier in Germany – east of Berlin – I must get right involved (7)731 AcrossReveal answer →

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Estuary off the 20 (6,4)6 DownReveal answer → 1984 film starring Prince (6,4)6 DownReveal answer → Strait separating Crimea from Russia (5)51 DownReveal answer → So, cars needing repair on the other side (6)61 DownReveal answer → Naked ass, squat, try and pee at a right angle (6)62 DownReveal answer → Falls over climbing crag out of bounds (7)72 DownReveal answer → So sad bride dismantled items of furniture (10)103 DownReveal answer → Cash that folds inside turban knot essentially (9)93 DownReveal answer → Netflix comedy set in the world of female professional wrestling (4)43 DownReveal answer → The capital of Moldova (8)84 DownReveal answer → Commit seconds to advising Gen X? (6)64 DownReveal answer → Perhaps fa or la some Slipknot enthusiastically (4)45 DownReveal answer → Jack __, British tennis player (6)65 DownReveal answer → Princess __, Mrs Jack Brooksbank? (7)76 DownReveal answer → Refined lead ore contains note – it’s poisonous if ingested (8)86 DownReveal answer → Noun, perhaps, for blade, not small (4)46 DownReveal answer → Record American left behind (5)57 DownReveal answer → In translation losing some modern words (10)107 DownReveal answer → Stays in ground instead (7)78 DownReveal answer → Captivated by Elphaba, Nan abandoned fruit (6)611 DownReveal answer → E-file’s malfunctioned – it was me, I snapped it (6)612 DownReveal answer → Computer network that arose out of ARPANET (8)812 DownReveal answer → Bob the Builder’s mother? (7)714 DownReveal answer → Take out odd prawn, peeled (4)414 DownReveal answer → Charlie deserting locked-up geriatric (4)415 DownReveal answer → Mount __, dormant volcano in Victoria, Australia (6)616 DownReveal answer → Scandalmonger’s best mate covers chest up (4-5)917 DownReveal answer → Vegetating, comic Eric Morecambe is finally visiting Naxos on vacation (8)818 DownReveal answer → Everyone can see this news about independent business run as symbol of Scotland (7)720 DownReveal answer → Dutch municipality and island in the Caribbean (4)421 DownReveal answer → Compile 12 to make argument (7)722 DownReveal answer → Two European articles below (5)525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, May 2, 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.