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The Guardian Crossword September 16 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 63 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 63 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for September 16 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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Lacking colour in the cheeks (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Sash worn with tuxedo, say (10)101 AcrossReveal answer → Oceangoing vessel (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → East ___ (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Gauged amount of wetness? (8)87 AcrossReveal answer → Stress and smoking, eg (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Rolling pad? (7)77 AcrossReveal answer → Country lover in threesome caught by postman (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Orchestral instrument (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Brouhaha (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Will the author flog incomplete bit of fiction? (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Bird – toy (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Cheese type (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → Artificial glow in hole, naked flame ahead (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Incantation (11)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Backs off homeward rapidly after scoundrel leaves box? (5)512 AcrossReveal answer → Ran over, captivated by Tony’s forbidden sweetheart, saucy thing! (8)813 AcrossReveal answer → Poorly built (7)714 AcrossReveal answer → Draw is as much as bowler can take, perhaps, losing heart (4)415 AcrossReveal answer → Nation with beer – ultimately Brains (5)516 AcrossReveal answer → Barrier between drink and drinker (4)416 AcrossReveal answer → Hutch, partner to Lacey, leaving New York (4)417 AcrossReveal answer → Resign, depressed after returning beloved animals (4,4)818 AcrossReveal answer → Song (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Famous prison (8)820 AcrossReveal answer → Clichéd rabbit straddling lover’s rear (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → Small flat (4-1-5)1021 AcrossReveal answer → Those out-of-town rush trails – rambling but not hard (9)921 AcrossReveal answer → Maybe Skye lies elaborately (4)422 AcrossReveal answer → Warnings of danger from almost defeated Tories (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Sounded like a sheep audible at Edgbaston trapped inside somewhere? (7)725 AcrossReveal answer →

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Old motor starter? (5)51 DownReveal answer → It could be rock, marble or maybe even mud?! (4)41 DownReveal answer → Igloo-dwelling animated avian (5)51 DownReveal answer → ‘Backbone’ of S America (5)52 DownReveal answer → Lifted part of chrysalid off a dying flower (8)82 DownReveal answer → Huge (7)72 DownReveal answer → Cheese type (4)43 DownReveal answer → Cwm venue cleared out to welcome everyone back from Hay (6)63 DownReveal answer → Lascivious looks (5)53 DownReveal answer → European capital (8)84 DownReveal answer → After capsizing, criticise involving fat swimmers (8)84 DownReveal answer → Proves one is human? (4)44 DownReveal answer → ‘Take a ___ out of my book’ (4)45 DownReveal answer → Smart (5)55 DownReveal answer → Doctor – in the past Neath’s top fire-breather (6)65 DownReveal answer → Peninsula (6)66 DownReveal answer → Drink and drugs masking onset of rheumatism (4)46 DownReveal answer → Stifled complaints when flashy jewellery confiscated by parents (9)911 DownReveal answer → Part of the UK (8)811 DownReveal answer → Players receiving nothing for progress without much effort (5)512 DownReveal answer → Home for our feathered friends (6)612 DownReveal answer → Extra jab? (7)713 DownReveal answer → Sport wig, covering for baldy (5)514 DownReveal answer → Military cloth (5)515 DownReveal answer → Odd lawn cultivated around old group of trees (8)816 DownReveal answer → Rapscallion (5)517 DownReveal answer → Dressing up Cain with drag clothing (8)817 DownReveal answer → Short tail (4)418 DownReveal answer → Crime quick, taking in Inland Revenue (6)619 DownReveal answer → Shy exhausted little rook? (6)620 DownReveal answer → Big Bird runs, hearty, but half-cut (4)421 DownReveal answer → National emblem in France, the ‘Disheartened Deer’ (4)423 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 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.