The Guardian Crossword May 31 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 56 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 56 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for May 31 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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Back fin (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Various crimes associated with soldier, a criminal (9)91 AcrossReveal answer → Doesn’t keep a straight face (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Recalled very old Southern French artist (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Small orange feature, see, represented in an Asian language (8,7)159 AcrossReveal answer → The second largest of the Balearic Islands (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Team boasted (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Find attractive (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Type of transport in Post Office colour given a second chance? (8)811 AcrossReveal answer → Not flimsy (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Caver’s light source (7)712 AcrossReveal answer → The DeLorean in Back to the Future, e.g. (4,7)1113 AcrossReveal answer → People in power greeting revival of archery (9)914 AcrossReveal answer → Starts to herald a new operation in Vietnamese city (5)515 AcrossReveal answer → A long time in pursuit of American custom (5)516 AcrossReveal answer → Critical, as a situation (2-2-3)718 AcrossReveal answer → Energy proposal for conference almost entirely affected by feelings (9)918 AcrossReveal answer → Scoundrel (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → BA or MA? DA, GA, true, would be wrong (8)820 AcrossReveal answer → In the morning the writer returned a classic novel (4)421 AcrossReveal answer → World’s most populous nation (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Have a rest (3,4)723 AcrossReveal answer → Quick trip to the local shop, say (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Emphasise (6)625 AcrossReveal answer → Theatrical encouragement to play in afternoon? Yes, possibly involving any number (6,3,6)1525 AcrossReveal answer → Top performer adopting one Indian instrument (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Pet going round leg, perhaps, to get cheese (9)927 AcrossReveal answer →

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Downfall (6)61 DownReveal answer → I’m twice upset about impersonator (5)51 DownReveal answer → Kidney-related (5)52 DownReveal answer → Trustworthy from the period of religious education (7)72 DownReveal answer → Cut a long story short? (7)73 DownReveal answer → Travel widely – Italy’s capital, we hear (4)43 DownReveal answer → Desert-like? Help to bring in river (4)44 DownReveal answer → Small and mischievous (5)55 DownReveal answer → Excellent access to concert? O, boy, excited (7-3)105 DownReveal answer → Workplace restaurant (7)76 DownReveal answer → Floral arrangement is presented within 24 hours – church gets one in (5,5)106 DownReveal answer → Source of mischief? Grand rock band getting nothing back (7)77 DownReveal answer → Adage (6)67 DownReveal answer → Quickly call major player and face receiving bit of pushback (5-4)98 DownReveal answer → A legal title (anag) – pasta made in long ribbons (11)118 DownReveal answer → Thrilling tale from assistant to pianist (4-6)1012 DownReveal answer → Breakdown of insect, if I start to consider like an entomologist? (10)1013 DownReveal answer → Properly arranged (2,5)714 DownReveal answer → A measure of time for us tucking into hot drink container (9)914 DownReveal answer → Gathering of crops (7)715 DownReveal answer → Think highly of (6)616 DownReveal answer → Relative of pickleball (6)617 DownReveal answer → Researcher etching a line in any stone (7)717 DownReveal answer → No source of coal linked to European candidate (7)719 DownReveal answer → Deprive of strength (5)519 DownReveal answer → Common garden ornament (5)521 DownReveal answer → Something useful when fixed (5)522 DownReveal answer → Crag’s lowest edge is dark and gloomy (4)423 DownReveal answer → A cuppa with the first of my co-workers? (4)424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, May 31, 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.