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The Guardian Crossword May 23 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 72 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 72 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for May 23 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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Song from Cabaret adopted as a rightwing anthem? (8,7,2,2)8 AcrossReveal answer → The tail meat of a langoustine (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Demoniacs mostly spooked joker (8)81 AcrossReveal answer → Jewel thief raised feeling of dread, did you say? (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → The king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night’s Dream (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Taken to the cleaners, as are duvets and mattresses (7)75 AcrossReveal answer → Reckless alteration of side door, wanting entrance (2-2-3)76 AcrossReveal answer → Bounder, at the beginning, cuts a dash (3)37 AcrossReveal answer → Cousin of the warthog, found in southern Africa (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Song that will introduce praiseful and eulogistic, adulatory notes? (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Take back control, say (9)99 AcrossReveal answer → Robot managed corners by contrast in reverse (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Harold __, British Marxist intellectual and Labour party chair during the 1945 election (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Primarily as good as I needed once more (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Relationship of Agatha and Dahlia to Bertie Wooster? (4)411 AcrossReveal answer → Force of a male sovereign a youth repelled to some extent (4)411 AcrossReveal answer → Flipping chambermaid nimbly conceals a state (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Louis __, poet whose works include Autumn Journal (8)812 AcrossReveal answer → Primate in Renault kicking out first of churchgoers, one of those going on foot (10)1012 AcrossReveal answer → Short story by Guy de Maupassant; the title means ‘ball of fat’ in English (5,2,4)1113 AcrossReveal answer → Milieu lacking energy, broken bone (5)513 AcrossReveal answer → Maiden visited by a dragon (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Refusal in Scotland: starters of neeps aren’t edible (3)315 AcrossReveal answer → Modest weight needed for support (5,2)715 AcrossReveal answer → Clue for dog (7)716 AcrossReveal answer → With end missing, tenon saw in need of repair? Easy (2,5)716 AcrossReveal answer → Bloomer in auditorium: played tuned percussion as if it were a flute (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → Writer of clue for dog (6)618 AcrossReveal answer → Solver of clue for dog (10)1020 AcrossReveal answer → __ Rose, name for English-speaking propagandists for Japan during the second world war (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Poodle, smut by one’s ears? (4)421 AcrossReveal answer → The top tier competition in men’s tennis (3,4)722 AcrossReveal answer → Homo __, extinct human species discovered in South Africa in 2013 (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → What giant might say, though shorter – a few feet? (5)524 AcrossReveal answer → Rabble-rousing idiots use bombs (9)925 AcrossReveal answer → On passing through, come across Devon town (7)726 AcrossReveal answer → Wrinkled – in the manner of a tree? (7)727 AcrossReveal answer →

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Manchester City men’s team manager (3,9)3 DownReveal answer → Arsenal men’s team manager (5,6)5 DownReveal answer → Marked by convulsions, that must be cured (5)51 DownReveal answer → A US fast food chain – or a 1985 thriller starrring Isabelle Adjani and Christopher Lambert (6)61 DownReveal answer → Witch holding back some misshapen orchids (5)51 DownReveal answer → __ Hall, US comedian and talkshow host (7)72 DownReveal answer → Pop icon: crazy about ‘er, you say? (7)72 DownReveal answer → True self critical of drink (7)72 DownReveal answer → We’re hearing moisture expected (3)33 DownReveal answer → Shatter bolt (4)43 DownReveal answer → Making comeback (in some measure): Marc Casado, somewhere in Ghana (5)54 DownReveal answer → How would you like to go – for a drink? (5,4,6)154 DownReveal answer → Taking on piano; told learner must go, sadly (8)85 DownReveal answer → 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)155 DownReveal answer → Ice-cream brand and parlour based in Southend-on-Sea (5)56 DownReveal answer → Errant spud festering in lunchbox, say? (10)106 DownReveal answer → Small jumper back on top of littl’un, purchase jackets (7)77 DownReveal answer → __ Off, comedy by Michael Frayn (6)67 DownReveal answer → Explosive announcement of the power of a café customer? (8)88 DownReveal answer → Resentment in chap on bottling up grievances, initially (7)78 DownReveal answer → Sound of a sneeze is under discussion (2,5)710 DownReveal answer → Live down workplace embarrassment – lewd licentiousness for starters (5)512 DownReveal answer → Said craft at sea, lost ultimately – like that? (4,6)1013 DownReveal answer → Harold __, bowler at the centre of the 1932-33 Bodyline controversy (7)714 DownReveal answer → Looking back, part of formula edifies: perfect (5)514 DownReveal answer → Distinct nuclear species of an element (7)715 DownReveal answer → __ Island, one of the five New York boroughs (6)616 DownReveal answer → Once known as Greene? Not entirely taken aback (3)316 DownReveal answer → Print error not quite covered up by press (7)716 DownReveal answer → Illinois town said to represent middle America? (6)617 DownReveal answer → Female film? (4,3)717 DownReveal answer → Cast a spell on an item of ‘ardware, we ‘ear? (7)719 DownReveal answer → Vile family missing daddy on vacation at first (5)522 DownReveal answer → The expected value or score? (3)323 DownReveal answer → Beefcake learning to wipe bottom (4)423 DownReveal answer →

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