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The Guardian Crossword September 15 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 15 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#
Make-up artist follows old ladies around (7)MASCARA7Across1 One of five in The Tempest (3)ACT3Across1 Gawk (4)GAPE4Across1 Structure for hangings (8)SCAFFOLD8Across3 Locale of many London nightspots (4)SOHO4Across4 Sabbath remix is a car crash (5-2)SMASHUP7Across5 Le Déjeuner sur l’___ (5)HERBE5Across6 Currency of Turkey – rail (anag) (4)LIRA4Across8 Cranny’s counterpart (4)NOOK4Across8 Space rock (8)ASTEROID8Across9 Alternative to ‘steal’ and ‘borrow’ (3)BEG3Across9 Abrupt South American soprano returns to deliver slight (5)SMALL5Across9 Old cricket commentator tucked into red dessert (9)CHARLOTTE9Across10 Small European country (10)LUXEMBOURG10Across11 Incident with United supporter at the end of the day (10)EVENTUALLY10Across11 Louis XIV maybe taking time to make bread (4)ROTI4Across12 Sinner’s racket string ultimately broken by 19 – sweet! (4,7)EVESPUDDING11Across14 Passion (6)ARDOUR6Across14 Gobble up voraciously (6)DEVOUR6Across15 Too patriotic? (10)JINGOISTIC10Across17 Darkness is hell for plants (11)NIGHTSHADES11Across18 Warm and wet? (8)TROPICAL8Across20 Bird of peace? (4)DOVE4Across21 What about promotion, boss? (4)HEAD4Across21 Womankind and mankind (8)HUMANITY8Across22 Band of brothers released Samson easily (10)FREEMASONS10Across22 Stop from having puppies, say (4)SPAY4Across23 Detectives match arsenic cases in definitive trials (4,5)ACIDTESTS9Across25 Where unhappy couples may go right away to lift spirits (5)ELATE5Across26 Rope in some to jam Grease (7)LANYARD7Across27 Papers over attempt to get hold of Murray’s second serve (4,3)DISHOUT7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Decorative thin sheet (4,4)GOLDLEAF8Down1 Rampant Royal Engineers team at last winning first title (6)MISTER6Down1 Blonde, heap or Wednesday (3)ASH3Down1 Filmmaker Joel or his brother Ethan (4)COEN4Down2 Ancient Greek coin originally stolen by Duke of York? (6)STATER6Down2 Bleach (8)PEROXIDE8Down2 Pulsate (5)THROB5Down3 Poor Matt Damon to finally sell shares (10)ALLOTMENTS10Down3 World or universe as an orderly or systematic whole (6)COSMOS6Down4 King invested with a chap occasionally for capital (5)ACCRA5Down4 Design with three petals (5-2-3)FLEURDELIS10Down5 Fashion doll’s cape with a fancy border (9)SCALLOPED9Down5 Double-reed treble woodwind instrument (4)OBOE4Down5 Clever canine escaping from lead (4)ABLE4Down6 Orchestral instrument (4)OBOE4Down6 Procedure in an episode of ER (3)EKG3Down7 Case of taboo-breaking erotic photograph in theBig Issue (3,5)HOTTOPIC8Down7 Extinct bird (4)DODO4Down7 Heather goes outside and strips (8)PEELINGS8Down8 Gun-charging items? (10)AMMUNITION10Down10 Flattery (4,4)SOFTSOAP8Down12 Drunk dad smokes without resistance in the bookies (4-6)ODDSMAKERS10Down13 Fragile plates etc (8)CROCKERY8Down13 Southpaw essentially boxed with 19, getting knocked over and knocked out (9)ETHERISED9Down15 Horrified (6)AGHAST6Down16 Harry Hill with rant under some powerful influence (2,6)INTHRALL8Down16 American relative drowning valley of cultivated land (8)AGRARIAN8Down17 Something that needs scratching (4)ITCH4Down18 Kitty cheers up content from YouTuber (6)POTATO6Down19 Contemptible wriggler? (4)WORM4Down19 Climb the top of Appalachian Trail (6)ASCENT6Down20 Relaxed dressmaker oddly flips (5)EASED5Down23 Piece from Norman Tebbit upset smoker (4)ETNA4Down24

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Tuesday, September 15, 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.