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The Guardian Crossword October 17 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 81 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 81 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for October 17 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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Boston’s MLB franchise (3,3)3 AcrossReveal answer → Fools, they often have a drink in them (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Sir David __, (1891-1963) political cartoonist for the Guardian (3)31 AcrossReveal answer → ‘It has its ___ and downs’ (3)31 AcrossReveal answer → Forceful (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Ocimum __, herb used in making pesto sauce (9)93 AcrossReveal answer → Talk at length with small furry animal (6)63 AcrossReveal answer → Audio sound equivalent to rendering an oath as ‘*$#+!’ (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Silent (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Word before ‘ink’, ‘rubber ball’ or ‘pale ale’ (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Farm fixtures (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Coastal iceberg covering girl who fell through hole? (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Muscle spasms (6)67 AcrossReveal answer → Hero of detective novels by Ian Rankin (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Future fish (3)38 AcrossReveal answer → Lay bare (6)68 AcrossReveal answer → One’s in charge (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Merseyside town, home to Halton Castle (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Person involved in box-ticking exercise? (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Lunar mission (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Rod, Dawn and Len cavorting in marvellous place (10)1010 AcrossReveal answer → French port known as the Venice of Languedoc (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → The Basque name for the Basque Country (7)711 AcrossReveal answer → Non-attendance at school or work (11)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Explosive originally used as a yellow dye (3)312 AcrossReveal answer → __ Winfrey, television mogul (5)513 AcrossReveal answer → Darts venue, drunken escapades (10)1013 AcrossReveal answer → __ game, US term for a baseball game in which the pitcher dominates (2-3)514 AcrossReveal answer → Polly __, long-serving Guardian columnist (7)717 AcrossReveal answer → Claw hit earth that holds chalky colour (5)517 AcrossReveal answer → Beginner – note hype (anag) (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → Arthur __, former Wimbledon champion (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Entertain, performing as Emu (5)519 AcrossReveal answer → Top bit of carpet? (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Take note of moment in time (6)620 AcrossReveal answer → Quantity (6)620 AcrossReveal answer → Sweet Home __, 2002 romcom starring Reese Witherspoon (7)721 AcrossReveal answer → Overpowers (6)621 AcrossReveal answer → Give direction for starring role (4)421 AcrossReveal answer → A citizen of Basra or Baghdad? (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Desperate if last (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → The capital of Iowa (3,6)923 AcrossReveal answer → Keep (to) (6)623 AcrossReveal answer →

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12D strip featuring the Earl of Bunkerton (4,6,3,3,4)13 DownReveal answer → The __, 12D strip featuring Toots, Freddy and Plug of Class 2B (4,6,4)4 DownReveal answer → Relating to a bone in your forearm (5)51 DownReveal answer → Support for climbing plants (7)71 DownReveal answer → Catcalls? (6)61 DownReveal answer → Noah __, famed for his US dictionaries (7)72 DownReveal answer → Ximinez, Calderón de la Barca or Almodóvar (5)52 DownReveal answer → Engineering nerd with gin smiled (7)72 DownReveal answer → Captain Hook’s was a crocodile (7)72 DownReveal answer → The price of silence? (4,5)93 DownReveal answer → Pont Neuf river (5)53 DownReveal answer → Inhuman villain holding blacksmith’s tool (5)54 DownReveal answer → Poisonous substance (5)54 DownReveal answer → Catcher of dribbled stewed fruit, often (3)34 DownReveal answer → Faux ___ (3)35 DownReveal answer → Hit flying mammal (3)35 DownReveal answer → Clobber (7)75 DownReveal answer → Headland on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwall (5,3)85 DownReveal answer → Biting dessert? (4)46 DownReveal answer → Long-sleeved men’s robe worn in South and Central Asia (5)56 DownReveal answer → Written agreement (6)66 DownReveal answer → 12D strip featuring Hermione Makepeace (6,3,4)137 DownReveal answer → First Lady (3)38 DownReveal answer → Rearing against nature? (7)711 DownReveal answer → Inconclusive (4-5)911 DownReveal answer → Rise for boisterous dances (6)612 DownReveal answer → Comic magazine first published in 1938 (3,5)812 DownReveal answer → Lavish meal (7)713 DownReveal answer → Eleven troopers guarding sports activity (5)514 DownReveal answer → Beg (7)714 DownReveal answer → Jumble (7)715 DownReveal answer → Awkwardly ate meal (3)315 DownReveal answer → Not near the coast (6)616 DownReveal answer → One of two options in the 2016 Brexit referendum (6)616 DownReveal answer → Advance in school? (4)416 DownReveal answer → W B __. Irish senator and poet (5)518 DownReveal answer → Strong suspicion (5)518 DownReveal answer → Pub hidden by ruin nearby (3)318 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, October 17, 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.