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The Guardian Crossword October 23 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 68 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for October 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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Across

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ClueLetters#Answer
They’re paired with Molly Malone’s mussels (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → Sheep exist on Mexican food (4,5)91 AcrossReveal answer → Fragrant oil of rose petals (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Statement of beliefs (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Cake figurine, stable character (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Greek ‘i’s (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Sleeping places in institutions (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Integral (2-5)78 AcrossReveal answer → Rickety ocean craft (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Small cucumber – London skyscraper (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Faux ___ (3)39 AcrossReveal answer → Willing to end court situation (4,5)910 AcrossReveal answer → Up when out for a drink? (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → Where peers congregate for game of cards (3)311 AcrossReveal answer → Object of historic interest (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Reform three-person group fronted by former Israeli PM (11)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Absurd, laughable (9)913 AcrossReveal answer → Dead animals reported in small bag? (5-2)714 AcrossReveal answer → Edible thistle or tuber – okra ethic (anag) (9)915 AcrossReveal answer → For the moment, embracing holy book? Never! (3,4)715 AcrossReveal answer → Cry out quiet sort’s pronoun (7)716 AcrossReveal answer → Hood, Williams or Ellacott (5)518 AcrossReveal answer → Procedure for trimming most of keto meat (7)719 AcrossReveal answer → UK reference work documenting noteworthy people (4,3)721 AcrossReveal answer → Spooner’s seafood dish for demanding type (7,4)1122 AcrossReveal answer → These are used to prove your identity (2,5)722 AcrossReveal answer → Big jerk in western corporation (3)323 AcrossReveal answer → Respectful goodwill (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Flimsy undergarment stylish for dummy (9)924 AcrossReveal answer → Italian region, capital Florence (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Befuddle some characters in retro field day (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Undercover cop, perhaps with retro-style ponytail (5)527 AcrossReveal answer → Bastard! Butler’s expletive overheard in European city (9)928 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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ClueLetters#Answer
Rustic’s neverending malady: acute pain (7)71 DownReveal answer → LSD (4)41 DownReveal answer → Close, but no ___ (narrowly missing out) (5)51 DownReveal answer → Brown entrée in oven (7)72 DownReveal answer → Group of three or more Scout patrols (5)52 DownReveal answer → Fish basket (5)52 DownReveal answer → Smoothly and efficiently (4,9)133 DownReveal answer → Employ alert screwball to cover expenses (4,7)113 DownReveal answer → Fish – ‘four’ prefix (5)53 DownReveal answer → Amy of Junebug (5)54 DownReveal answer → The Arabian Nights’ sailor (6)64 DownReveal answer → One girl crazy for heavy metal band? (3,4)74 DownReveal answer → Diana or Sir James Clark (4)45 DownReveal answer → Events where competitors climb under, over or through things (8,5)135 DownReveal answer → Royal’s lover’s idiot offspring (7)75 DownReveal answer → Something to mind in central Singapore (3)36 DownReveal answer → Japanese garment (6)66 DownReveal answer → No limit? That’s what you think! (7)77 DownReveal answer → Stoppage of normal flow (6)67 DownReveal answer → Rancid hen meat gives you gas (7)78 DownReveal answer → Islamic ruler (4)412 DownReveal answer → Sale of merchandise I alter? (6,5)1113 DownReveal answer → Grapefruit/tangerine hybrid fruit (4)414 DownReveal answer → Busy doing a job (2,4)615 DownReveal answer → Hollow between wave crests – container for animal feeds (6)616 DownReveal answer → Players took the van, protected in a way (7)716 DownReveal answer → Woodwind player (6)617 DownReveal answer → Foul comedians (but not Gamble) not smelling so good? (7)717 DownReveal answer → Disturbed, harried Harry has this (3,4)718 DownReveal answer → Titleholder held up sailor in vocal quartet? (7)719 DownReveal answer → This country was renamed Myanmar (5)519 DownReveal answer → Perry, accomplished in form of cricket? (7)720 DownReveal answer → Prying (5)520 DownReveal answer → Pair of wrestlers spray graffiti on several mules (3,4)721 DownReveal answer → What wolf might do, seeing horse (3)325 DownReveal answer →

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