The Guardian Crossword October 16 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for October 16 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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Metal wreckage after helicopter tragedy (6)3 AcrossReveal answer → First two things haplessly tried – I’m disregarding poor start, having courage! (5,4,5)9 AcrossReveal answer → Self-examination (13)131 AcrossReveal answer → Sheepish announcements (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Ayrton ___, racing driver and philanthropist (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → A language of the Roman empire (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Star ___, aromatic addition (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Potential hitch (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Ginger’s bandmate (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Swapped walls of daub in mudbrick house (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → One helps an orchestra keep time (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Current mishap of setter in spot of bother (3,6)910 AcrossReveal answer → Feeling of hunger (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Crushing criticism (often online) – wrestling manoeuvre – police raid (8)811 AcrossReveal answer → Something guaranteed, that is incorporating fact I managed to get qualification (11)1112 AcrossReveal answer → He’ll agree to anything (3-3)613 AcrossReveal answer → Rolling first joint, dopehead rubbed the wrong way! (7)714 AcrossReveal answer → Cured sausage (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Blues and dancing featured in clip of session (7)715 AcrossReveal answer → Reads aloud and translates for the audience? (7)716 AcrossReveal answer → Make (someone) aware of something (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → Discovered Cuban music and heavy metal, as forgotten (7)719 AcrossReveal answer → Like some potatoes (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Eucalyptus eater (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Ray of light (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Elder fellow carries foreign currency with equal value (11)1122 AcrossReveal answer → Latin continent and Spanish state (3)323 AcrossReveal answer → Experimental approach – riled narrator (anag) (5,3,5)1324 AcrossReveal answer → Check temperature after period of chill weather (9)924 AcrossReveal answer → Shocking cry from bird (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Go away from pack, pursuing south (5)527 AcrossReveal answer → Brought in the crops but, tragically, he starved (9)928 AcrossReveal answer →

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Maestro account among three in circulation (7)71 DownReveal answer → Little devil (3)31 DownReveal answer → Outing – comic (5)51 DownReveal answer → One runs attached to bloke for three-legged race (7)72 DownReveal answer → Pros’ antithesis (5)52 DownReveal answer → Infectious disease caused by bacteria commonly found in soil (7)72 DownReveal answer → Cleaned kettle spattered with bits of tea and prevented from boiling over (2-9)113 DownReveal answer → ___ Kapoor, sculptor (5)53 DownReveal answer → Satisfactory, not great (4)43 DownReveal answer → Not nuts (4)44 DownReveal answer → If Jack takes 3rd place, guaranteed to get hurt (7)74 DownReveal answer → Supporting structure (6)64 DownReveal answer → Iconic San Francisco transport (5,3)85 DownReveal answer → Make-up – directly – a blow with the flat hand (4)45 DownReveal answer → Requires guts to oust royal (7)75 DownReveal answer → Start of a song (informally) (5)56 DownReveal answer → One’s nothing special (9)97 DownReveal answer → Foamy head on coffee/tea, without a burn (7)77 DownReveal answer → ‘Ramsey’ misspelling garners a thousand whinges (7)78 DownReveal answer → Wages (3,6)910 DownReveal answer → Enjoyed oneself (3,1,4)812 DownReveal answer → Ever supreme, furiously led with ambition (11)1113 DownReveal answer → One does it for pleasure, not money (7)715 DownReveal answer → (In) complete agreement (6)616 DownReveal answer → Communist party admitted newspaper revolved around spies (7)716 DownReveal answer → Blimey, pinching bottom is less civilised (7)717 DownReveal answer → Pseudo- prefix (5)518 DownReveal answer → Sucking up / swallowing six (7)718 DownReveal answer → Emerging from green terrace, go back in (2-5)719 DownReveal answer → Express anger and cry after a little bit of singing (4,3)720 DownReveal answer → On bended ___ (4)420 DownReveal answer → Without getting emotional, adored every other piece involving French pop (3-4)721 DownReveal answer → Act as a spoiler? (3)323 DownReveal answer → Butter or jam (3)325 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, October 16, 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.