The Guardian Crossword May 3 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword May 3 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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Fruit in many smoothies (5)BERRY5Across1
Damsel embracing another, ultimately a hard thing to bear (6)WRENCH6Across4
Periodic payment (7)STIPEND7Across4
Teaching degree? Resign about student coverage at night (3-5)BEDQUILT8Across6
City that’s home to the oldest Chinatown in Europe (9)LIVERPOOL9Across8
Brewed beverage (3)TEA3Across9
Discussion item admitting river forms line on map (6)TROPIC6Across9
Basic building block (4)ATOM4Across10
Pub and brewery finally introducing it in the area (8)LOCALITY8Across10
Period that’s palaeolithic etc (5,3)STONEAGE8Across11
Protest followed by explicit part of the population (11)DEMOGRAPHIC11Across11
Added amount (9)INCREMENT9Across13
Opposite of Caesar, J? (7)ANTONYM7Across15
Self-indulgent acts (3,5)EGOTRIPS8Across17
Reader initially gripped by book once more – it’s a good buy (7)BARGAIN7Across17
Person again troubled resident of city-state (11)SINGAPOREAN11Across18
Grizzly animal (4)BEAR4Across19
‘Dig in!’ (3)EAT3Across21
Safety device that may be subject to regular testing (4,5)FIREALARM9Across22
Song-writer seldom getting confused with it (8)MELODIST8Across22
Gave way under pressure (7)BUCKLED7Across23
Religious writer to ridicule leaders of Unitarian Adventists (6)JOSHUA6Across23
Pepper grinders (5)MILLS5Across24
Completed challenge with summary (8)OVERVIEW8Across24
Items often furrowed before end of intense look over the shelves? (6)BROWSE6Across25
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Romantic song (6)BALLAD6Down1
Account with money? Grand, though not really in the post (6)ACTING6Down1
Filled pasta (7)RAVIOLI7Down2
Vandalised phone-box: one’s beginning to anticipate anti-foreigner sentiment (10)XENOPHOBIA10Down2
Three feet (4)YARD4Down3
Police vehicle: evidence of damage seen around one in four? (5,3)SQUADCAR8Down3
Easily riled (5-8)SHORTTEMPERED13Down4
Retract intelligence on origin of huge lottery (8)WITHDRAW8Down4
Hawaiian, e.g. (8)ISLANDER8Down5
Minor yet somehow a great crime (8)ENORMITY8Down5
Uncredited part in a film (5)EXTRA5Down6
Flag of European country getting trimmed (4)IRIS4Down7
One who may give you a hand? (6)DEALER6Down7
Component of extravagant oyster trifles (4)TOYS4Down8
Contemptuous (8)SCORNFUL8Down12
Run a diocese, at first followed by member of clergy (10)ADMINISTER10Down12
Was home, excited to support good TV programme? (4,4)GAMESHOW8Down13
Popular time to go round a French swamp (8)INUNDATE8Down14
Pedicurist’s target (7)TOENAIL7Down14
Echo effect (6)REVERB6Down15
Debris in a toaster (6)CRUMBS6Down16
Decline instantly: one’s worried over dodgy bar (8)NOSEDIVE8Down16
Vision-related (5)OPTIC5Down18
Party, upsetting for us, stinks (6)ODOURS6Down19
Growing business (4)FARM4Down20
Material to support attack in backgammon (4)AMMO4Down20
Limits to general use adhesive (4)GLUE4Down21
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, May 3, 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.