The Guardian Crossword September 16 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 63 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 16 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 63 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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Lacking colour in the cheeks (4)PALE4Across1
Sash worn with tuxedo, say (10)CUMMERBUND10Across1
Oceangoing vessel (5)LINER5Across5
East ___ (5)ENDER5Across6
Gauged amount of wetness? (8)RAINFALL8Across7
Stress and smoking, eg (5)AGERS5Across7
Rolling pad? (7)CARAVAN7Across7
Country lover in threesome caught by postman (7)PATRIOT7Across8
Orchestral instrument (4)TUBA4Across8
Brouhaha (4)FUSS4Across8
Will the author flog incomplete bit of fiction? (4)SELF4Across9
Bird – toy (4)KITE4Across9
Cheese type (7)GRUYERE7Across10
Artificial glow in hole, naked flame ahead (9)LAMPLIGHT9Across10
Incantation (11)ABRACADABRA11Across12
Backs off homeward rapidly after scoundrel leaves box? (5)CADDY5Across12
Ran over, captivated by Tony’s forbidden sweetheart, saucy thing! (8)MARINARA8Across13
Poorly built (7)RICKETY7Across14
Draw is as much as bowler can take, perhaps, losing heart (4)HAUL4Across15
Nation with beer – ultimately Brains (5)WALES5Across16
Barrier between drink and drinker (4)CORK4Across16
Hutch, partner to Lacey, leaving New York (4)CAGE4Across17
Resign, depressed after returning beloved animals (4,4)STEPDOWN8Across18
Song (4)ARIA4Across19
Famous prison (8)ALCATRAZ8Across20
Clichéd rabbit straddling lover’s rear (5)CORNY5Across20
Small flat (4-1-5)PIEDATERRE10Across21
Those out-of-town rush trails – rambling but not hard (9)RURALISTS9Across21
Maybe Skye lies elaborately (4)ISLE4Across22
Warnings of danger from almost defeated Tories (7)BEACONS7Across24
Sounded like a sheep audible at Edgbaston trapped inside somewhere? (7)BLEATED7Across25
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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Old motor starter? (5)CRANK5Down1
It could be rock, marble or maybe even mud?! (4)CAKE4Down1
Igloo-dwelling animated avian (5)PINGU5Down1
‘Backbone’ of S America (5)ANDES5Down2
Lifted part of chrysalid off a dying flower (8)DAFFODIL8Down2
Huge (7)MONSTER7Down2
Cheese type (4)EDAM4Down3
Cwm venue cleared out to welcome everyone back from Hay (6)VALLEY6Down3
Lascivious looks (5)LEERS5Down3
European capital (8)BELGRADE8Down4
After capsizing, criticise involving fat swimmers (8)MALLARDS8Down4
Proves one is human? (4)ERRS4Down4
‘Take a ___ out of my book’ (4)LEAF4Down5
Smart (5)NATTY5Down5
Doctor – in the past Neath’s top fire-breather (6)DRAGON6Down5
Peninsula (6)IBERIA6Down6
Drink and drugs masking onset of rheumatism (4)PORT4Down6
Stifled complaints when flashy jewellery confiscated by parents (9)MUMBLINGS9Down11
Part of the UK (8)SCOTLAND8Down11
Players receiving nothing for progress without much effort (5)COAST5Down12
Home for our feathered friends (6)AVIARY6Down12
Extra jab? (7)BOOSTER7Down13
Sport wig, covering for baldy (5)RUGBY5Down14
Military cloth (5)KHAKI5Down15
Odd lawn cultivated around old group of trees (8)WOODLAND8Down16
Rapscallion (5)KNAVE5Down17
Dressing up Cain with drag clothing (8)CARDIGAN8Down17
Short tail (4)SCUT4Down18
Crime quick, taking in Inland Revenue (6)PIRACY6Down19
Shy exhausted little rook? (6)CASTLE6Down20
Big Bird runs, hearty, but half-cut (4)RHEA4Down21
National emblem in France, the ‘Disheartened Deer’ (4)LEEK4Down23
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, September 16, 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.