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The Guardian Crossword October 7 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 61 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for October 7 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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Meant to run (anag) – a tennis grand slam, for instance (10)101 AcrossReveal answer → Brute has wiped mouth on floor (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Pitch a tent41 AcrossReveal answer → Cut top off crown, not probing cavity from the back (4,4)84 AcrossReveal answer → Racetrack shapes55 AcrossReveal answer → Extremely poor (8)87 AcrossReveal answer → In your neighbourhood57 AcrossReveal answer → Significantly (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → ‘The People’s Princess’58 AcrossReveal answer → Pith in decay, sign – it’s this? (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → AI-generated content of little merit (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Call of ___ (video game)49 AcrossReveal answer → Food’s black I see, scraped back in house (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → Accurate (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → Dentist’s chair, where gas supplied in the US (7,7)1411 AcrossReveal answer → Basic freedoms to which all are entitled (5,6)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Show girl disheartened, bandaged by loose sheet – what would nitrous oxide have given her? (3,7)1013 AcrossReveal answer → Trying (7)714 AcrossReveal answer → Send erotic message with kiss where flossing teeth? (4)414 AcrossReveal answer → Puts two and two together? (4)416 AcrossReveal answer → Pivot end of utensil into chopper (4)416 AcrossReveal answer → Contemporary guided by dental implant? (10)1018 AcrossReveal answer → Little bit of hair or smoke (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Subject of films by Abel Gance and Ridley Scott (8)820 AcrossReveal answer → Tiramisu ingredient (10)1021 AcrossReveal answer → Where dentist looks miserable (4,2,3,5)1421 AcrossReveal answer → Canine eats and eats (4-4)823 AcrossReveal answer → Nippy dental ability? (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Something worn, in under three seconds chewed up (8)825 AcrossReveal answer → Anaesthetic around root of canine – and incisor? (6)626 AcrossReveal answer →

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Hair clip (4)41 DownReveal answer → Pointy bits of cutlery (5)51 DownReveal answer → Unfriendly41 DownReveal answer → Steer clear of52 DownReveal answer → Alike (7)72 DownReveal answer → Not everyone’s cup of tea in pot? (7)72 DownReveal answer → Asian gambling mecca53 DownReveal answer → Youngster who’s not studying, working or doing an apprenticeship (acronym) (4)43 DownReveal answer → Love French poet briefly covered (8)83 DownReveal answer → Factory54 DownReveal answer → Swift and dazzling (as an ascent) (8)84 DownReveal answer → At no time (5)55 DownReveal answer → Cash for moving Whistler held up by wonky fastener (8,3)115 DownReveal answer → Succumbs to pressure (6)66 DownReveal answer → Nothing about swap, initially, question exchange (6)66 DownReveal answer → Defeat (a dragon)46 DownReveal answer → Debauchee gripping metal drill (7)77 DownReveal answer → In having wrong date below space towards the top, numbered for reference (9)98 DownReveal answer → Spring forward, fall back, for instance (8)811 DownReveal answer → Reclusive individual (6)612 DownReveal answer → Artless goon zonked, extraction causing little discomfort then? (2,5,4)1112 DownReveal answer → Mushy crud bottled by baby feeders, little things activated when emotional? (4,5)913 DownReveal answer → Spanish nobleman (7)713 DownReveal answer → One carrying on is supporter of working rights (8)815 DownReveal answer → Colour of old photographs (5)515 DownReveal answer → Part of a bicycle wheel (5)517 DownReveal answer → Very bad, the score (3-4)717 DownReveal answer → Incentive (4)418 DownReveal answer → Baltic, welcome this when shivering (7)719 DownReveal answer → Nipper, a little chap in cerise (6)620 DownReveal answer → Substance taking dental impression, pattern scaled up (4)422 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, October 7, 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.