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The Guardian Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword May 23 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 72 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#
Song from Cabaret adopted as a rightwing anthem? (8,7,2,2)TOMORROW8Across The tail meat of a langoustine (6)SCAMPI6Across1 Demoniacs mostly spooked joker (8)COMEDIAN8Across1 Jewel thief raised feeling of dread, did you say? (7)JACKDAW7Across1 The king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (6)OBERON6Across4 Taken to the cleaners, as are duvets and mattresses (7)STUFFED7Across5 Reckless alteration of side door, wanting entrance (2-2-3)DOORDIE7Across6 Bounder, at the beginning, cuts a dash (3)CAD3Across7 Cousin of the warthog, found in southern Africa (7)BUSHPIG7Across8 Song that will introduce praiseful and eulogistic, adulatory notes? (5)PAEAN5Across9 Take back control, say (9)REINSTATE9Across9 Robot managed corners by contrast in reverse (5)DROID5Across10 Harold __, British Marxist intellectual and Labour party chair during the 1945 election (5)LASKI5Across10 Primarily as good as I needed once more (5)AGAIN5Across10 Relationship of Agatha and Dahlia to Bertie Wooster? (4)AUNT4Across11 Force of a male sovereign a youth repelled to some extent (4)YANG4Across11 Flipping chambermaid nimbly conceals a state (5)INDIA5Across11 Louis __, poet whose works include Autumn Journal (8)MACNEICE8Across12 Primate in Renault kicking out first of churchgoers, one of those going on foot (10)ESPADRILLE10Across12 Short story by Guy de Maupassant; the title means ‘ball of fat’ in English (5,2,4)BOULEDESUIF11Across13 Milieu lacking energy, broken bone (5)ILIUM5Across13 Maiden visited by a dragon (6)VIRAGO6Across14 Refusal in Scotland: starters of neeps aren’t edible (3)NAE3Across15 Modest weight needed for support (5,2)LEANTON7Across15 Clue for dog (7)POINTER7Across16 With end missing, tenon saw in need of repair? Easy (2,5)NOSWEAT7Across16 Bloomer in auditorium: played tuned percussion as if it were a flute (8)BLUEBELL8Across17 Writer of clue for dog (6)SETTER6Across18 Solver of clue for dog (10)BLOODHOUND10Across20 __ Rose, name for English-speaking propagandists for Japan during the second world war (5)TOKYO5Across21 Poodle, smut by one’s ears? (4)PAWN4Across21 The top tier competition in men’s tennis (3,4)ATPTOUR7Across22 Homo __, extinct human species discovered in South Africa in 2013 (6)NALEDI6Across24 What giant might say, though shorter – a few feet? (5)IAMBI5Across24 Rabble-rousing idiots use bombs (9)SEDITIOUS9Across25 On passing through, come across Devon town (7)HONITON7Across26 Wrinkled – in the manner of a tree? (7)ELDERLY7Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Manchester City men’s team manager (3,9)PEP3Down Arsenal men’s team manager (5,6)MIKEL5Down Marked by convulsions, that must be cured (5)JERKY5Down1 A US fast food chain – or a 1985 thriller starrring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert (6)SUBWAY6Down1 Witch holding back some misshapen orchids (5)CRONE5Down1 __ Hall, US comedian and talkshow host (7)ARSENIO7Down2 Pop icon: crazy about ‘er, you say? (7)MADONNA7Down2 True self critical of drink (7)CHIANTI7Down2 We’re hearing moisture expected (3)DUE3Down3 Shatter bolt (4)DASH4Down3 Making comeback (in some measure): Marc Casado, somewhere in Ghana (5)ACCRA5Down4 How would you like to go – for a drink? (5,4,6)WHATSYOURPOISON15Down4 Taking on piano; told learner must go, sadly (8)ADOPTION8Down5 If it’s the last thing you do, visit the home of pizza: need pasta in Leeds? No time for it, unfortunately (3,6,3,3)SEENAPLESANDDIE15Down5 Ice-cream brand and parlour based in Southend-on-Sea (5)ROSSI5Down6 Errant spud festering in lunchbox, say? (10)UNDERPARTS10Down6 Small jumper back on top of littl’un, purchase jackets (7)FROGLET7Down7 __ Off, comedy by Michael Frayn (6)NOISES6Down7 Explosive announcement of the power of a café customer? (8)DYNAMITE8Down8 Resentment in chap on bottling up grievances, initially (7)DUDGEON7Down8 Sound of a sneeze is under discussion (2,5)ATISSUE7Down10 Live down workplace embarrassment – lewd licentiousness for starters (5)DWELL5Down12 Said craft at sea, lost ultimately – like that? (4,6)CASTADRIFT10Down13 Harold __, bowler at the centre of the 1932-33 Bodyline controversy (7)LARWOOD7Down14 Looking back, part of formula edifies: perfect (5)IDEAL5Down14 Distinct nuclear species of an element (7)ISOTOPE7Down15 __ Island, one of the five New York boroughs (6)STATEN6Down16 Once known as Greene? Not entirely taken aback (3)NEE3Down16 Print error not quite covered up by press (7)PUBLISH7Down16 Illinois town said to represent middle America? (6)PEORIA6Down17 Female film? (4,3)IRONMAN7Down17 Cast a spell on an item of ‘ardware, we ‘ear? (7)ENAMOUR7Down19 Vile family missing daddy on vacation at first (5)NASTY5Down22 The expected value or score? (3)PAR3Down23 Beefcake learning to wipe bottom (4)STUD4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, May 23, 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.