The Guardian Crossword September 1 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 1 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 64 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Take flight, carrying Charlie, following sea transportation issue (7)SUBJECT7Across1 Songbird (6)THRUSH6Across1 Lincoln, to his friends (3)ABE3Across1 Pulled with a jerk (6)YANKED6Across4 Icy surface (4)RINK4Across4 Recognises love shared by you and me? (7)HONOURS7Across5 Craze (5)MANIA5Across6 Shadow (5)UMBRA5Across8 Infer, less formally (4)SUSS4Across8 Mexican salamander (7)AXOLOTL7Across9 ‘Kinda’ (3)ISH3Across9 Oversees advancement of ecstasy in hell (5)HEADS5Across9 Vomit – rear (5,2)BRINGUP7Across10 Schedule board to pursue Master embroiled in relationship (9)TIMETABLE9Across10 Normally, on the other hand, start off cautiously after loud noise (10)ORDINARILY10Across11 Annoyed (5)IRKED5Across11 Reality show tailing female (4)FACT4Across12 Describing a finely cut slice or chocolate mint (5-4)WAFERTHIN9Across12 Being out of order, criticise and put down setter, heartless nut! (12)DISPLACEMENT12Across14 Brushwood – abandon (plans eg) (5)SCRUB5Across16 In a haughty, detached way (7)ALOOFLY7Across17 Another order for gilt Nile scene excluding special information (12)INTELLIGENCE12Across18 Declared to be true (7)AVERRED7Across19 Eg Tosca or Aida (5)OPERA5Across20 Giganet’s first free network (4)GRID4Across21 More straightforward (6)EASIER6Across21 Flying creature with claws circling international groups of soldiers (10)BATTALIONS10Across22 Reduced (esp. cheese) to slivers (6)GRATED6Across22 Teaching can die out if it’s disordered (9)EDUCATION9Across25 Swing headless fish (5)ANGLE5Across26 Wood surrounding the outskirts of Blackpool gets three times bigger (7)TREBLES7Across27 Part company in English hamlet, half-cut (7)ELEMENT7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Principally, social categorisation has one overwhelming limitation – it’s divided by class (6)SCHOOL6Down1 Strong, long feature of an orangutan (3)ARM3Down1 All fingers and ___ (fumbling) (6)THUMBS6Down1 Skew (4)BIAS4Down2 Chief briefly interrupted by a doctor turning tables (6)BOARDS6Down2 Interconnected burrows (6,7)RABBITWARRENS13Down2 Listless, dissatisfied state (5)ENNUI5Down3 French milk served up in German city’s just what we need (10)ESSENTIALS10Down3 Words used informally (5)SLANG5Down3 Instructor’s express disapproval with soldiers (5)TUTOR5Down4 Smell I left before I ate is cause to feel bad (9)HUMILIATE9Down5 Put an end to (practice or institution) (7)ABOLISH7Down5 x (4)KISS4Down5 N American, African, Asian, Oceanian or even from the Antarctic! (4)NOTE4Down6 Consequence of one event triggering others (5-2,6)KNOCKONEFFECT13Down6 Open-minded nude American Bishop is sacked (8)UNBIASED8Down7 Tree – burned tree? (3)ASH3Down7 Cause to accept what is false as true (6)DELUDE6Down7 Watch Spooner’s electronics series? (8)SPECTATE8Down8 & (9)AMPERSAND9Down9 Maker of opulent jewelled eggs – free bag (anag) (7)FABERGE7Down13 Nice places being arranged – somewhere to accommodate writers (6-4)PENCILCASE10Down13 Agent, car or duty (6)ESTATE6Down14 1Ds for young, strait-laced group of stars (9)PRIMARIES9Down15 Unstamped/unfranked post delivered this way (2,4)BYHAND6Down15 Gin diet’s crazy – and most dull! (8)DINGIEST8Down16 Mood elevation when drinking Tango, putting away litres! (8)ATTITUDE8Down17 Smell (often unpleasant) (5)ODOUR5Down18 It may be carrying files from the French supporting Eastern currency (6)DONGLE6Down19 State agreement for rise (6)ASCENT6Down20 Disorganised teens stressed (5)TENSE5Down23 Antifa illegally concealing collapse (4)FAIL4Down24

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Tuesday, September 1, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. 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.