The Guardian Crossword September 12 2026 Answers
Saturday puzzle · 79 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 12 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 79 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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Mexican city on the Rio Grande, south of El Paso (6,6)CIUDAD6Across
Garden-fete race for riders (6,5)DONKEYDERBY11Across1
UN member, capital Kinshasa (3)DRC3Across1
Playing pieces – Odo’s and mine – all over the place! (8)DOMINOES8Across1
__ Khrushchev, former leader of the Soviet Union (6)NIKITA6Across1
Love and blood organ (5)HEART5Across4
Outside of pub? (3)BAR3Across6
Supernatural term for the QI question writers (5)ELVES5Across6
Bagatelle inspired by leap in ballet (7)PINBALL7Across7
Precipitous (5)STEEP5Across7
‘Well, if you have to ___ … ’ (3)ASK3Across8
Johannes __, artist whose works include Girl with a Pearl Earring (7)VERMEER7Across9
Plate-covered mammal (9)ARMADILLO9Across9
Veiled origins of unique names spurring Elgar’s enigmatic notations (6)UNSEEN6Across9
Oz vehicle (3)UTE3Across10
Ceremonial mallet often used in court (5)GAVEL5Across10
Icon distributed money (4)COIN4Across10
George __, character from Seinfeld (8)COSTANZA8Across11
Taste type (5)UMAMI5Across11
Setter’s somewhat comedic endeavours (4)DICE4Across12
__ Wintour, fashion editor (4)ANNA4Across12
On the great seas (7)OCEANIC7Across13
US city often twinned with St Paul (11)MINNEAPOLIS11Across13
Guards and displays swordsmanship (6)FENCES6Across14
Fodder (6)SILAGE6Across14
Bucolic (6)RUSTIC6Across15
Wantonly, Lou beds twins (7)DOUBLES7Across17
Spanish river starts from remote Iberian outlands (3)RIO3Across18
One may entertain – tastier (anag) (7)ARTISTE7Across18
Computer operating system developed by AT&T (4)UNIX4Across18
Congolese city once known as Léopoldville (8)KINSHASA8Across19
Sweeties – they might get knocked down in the alley? (8)SKITTLES8Across19
Sweeper (5)BESOM5Across20
Milk (3)USE3Across21
Claude __, actor who played Captain Renault in Casablanca (5)RAINS5Across22
Not all the same – aspirated (anag) (9)DISPARATE9Across22
Hero’s mythical lover? (7)LEANDER7Across23
Country bordered by Malawi and Angola (6)ZAMBIA6Across24
Drill command (5,2,4)STANDATEASE11Across24
Common name for calcium sulphate dihydrate, often used in plasterboard (6)GYPSUM6Across25
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Rushes around art show, missing some of it (5)DARTS5Down1
Fourth Greek letter (5)DELTA5Down1
Probationer in a religious order (6)NOVICE6Down1
Loud all-night parties (5)RAVES5Down2
Charted tips of mountains – Alps, Pyrenees, Pennines – emphasising detail (6)MAPPED6Down2
Ethnic group living mainly in Syria, Turkey and Iraq (5)KURDS5Down2
Electrical resistance unit (3)OHM3Down2
Schitt’s ___ (5)CREEK5Down3
Joking (7)KIDDING7Down3
Rose __, author of The Road Home (2007) (7)TREMAIN7Down3
Number of leaders of nations in nefarious entanglements (4)NINE4Down3
Amongst yonder atolls, she inspires poetry (5)ERATO5Down4
___ Got the Whole World in His Hands (3)HES3Down4
Flaxen (6)YELLOW6Down4
5 ml (3)TSP3Down5
Lay it on thick (5)EMOTE5Down5
Othello’s antagonist? (4)IAGO4Down5
Eccentric dude – a nob – was more than enough! (8)ABOUNDED8Down5
Flattened tones in jazz (4,5)BLUENOTES9Down6
Leonardo __, Renaissance polymath (2,5)DAVINCI7Down6
Impulsive (5-6)HARUMSCARUM11Down7
Texan city often twinned with Fort Worth (6)DALLAS6Down7
Drifter – gatherer (11)BEACHCOMBER11Down8
City often twinned with 19 (11)BRAZZAVILLE11Down8
Component inside prolongs hotspot? It’s unlikely to succeed (4,4)LONGSHOT8Down8
Container damaged EV less (6)VESSEL6Down11
Sum apportioned (9)ALLOTMENT9Down12
Large piece of cake, hidden under Nan’s kagool, initially (5)CHUNK5Down13
Element, similar to platinum (7)IRIDIUM7Down14
Chest made for storing human remains (7)OSSUARY7Down15
Comedians’ hearts? (5)CARDS5Down15
Indignation (7)UMBRAGE7Down16
Put money into this ex-Liverpool manager (4)SLOT4Down16
Cologne originally from the West Indies (3,3)BAYRUM6Down17
Japanese entertainer (6)GEISHA6Down17
Carried windowed chair (5)SEDAN5Down19
Mountains between Argentina and Chile (5)ANDES5Down20
Sparkling Italian wine (4)ASTI4Down21
Horse relative (3)ASS3Down23
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