The Guardian Crossword September 17 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 62 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for September 17 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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Gentlemanly monster, one giving way to everyone (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → Jovial bringer of gifts (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Caribbean island group (10)101 AcrossReveal answer → Caress female individual endlessly led astray (6)65 AcrossReveal answer → Succulent plants with a ‘vera’ subset (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Hostelry (7)77 AcrossReveal answer → Fire in their ___ (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Projectile (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Spasm, paroxysm or pang (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Saint-___, composer of Carnaval des animaux (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Old form of salute conveying cold kiss (8)89 AcrossReveal answer → Gaining inner peace, wife left scoundrel (6)610 AcrossReveal answer → Wild cat (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Widgeon width? (8)811 AcrossReveal answer → Going before GP, I need care sorted out – pills finally swallowed (12)1212 AcrossReveal answer → Rudimentary – of caterpillars etc (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → The female’s embracing prince, having wasted time with princess and old guard? (10)1015 AcrossReveal answer → Cruddy (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Haughty (6-2)817 AcrossReveal answer → Fool that American sits on (3)317 AcrossReveal answer → Hairstyle type (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → The fact of the matter sides denied? A familiar pattern (3)319 AcrossReveal answer → Artist annoying Violet Elizabeth? One with eyes missing nothing (10)1020 AcrossReveal answer → Get on it – shore (anag) (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Discordant – causing a disturbance (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Troubled medico cares about a fattening drink? (3-5,4)1222 AcrossReveal answer → Tryst (10)1023 AcrossReveal answer → Dreadful French art showing fisherman singing? (6)626 AcrossReveal answer → Brawl with soldiers coming out in uncontrolled movement (4,4)827 AcrossReveal answer → Type of building worker, shark with little hesitation (6)628 AcrossReveal answer → Religious rite – it is used during illness (7)729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Composer full of love, repeatedly kind, ultimately gives encouraging words (4,4)4 DownReveal answer → Rather keeping quiet about a principle cheat violates (4,4)4 DownReveal answer → African country (5)51 DownReveal answer → Epsom, smelling or sea (5)51 DownReveal answer → Hawaiian hello (5)52 DownReveal answer → Land measure (4)42 DownReveal answer → Generally inadequate, ill? Avoid this harmful substance (8)83 DownReveal answer → Bête ___ (5)53 DownReveal answer → Thin facial covering (6)63 DownReveal answer → Where fruits grown (8)84 DownReveal answer → Carried child on to bed – beginning to drift off (5)54 DownReveal answer → Projection at the end of a piece of wood inserted into the socket or mortise of another (5)54 DownReveal answer → Defensive wall (7)75 DownReveal answer → ‘Go kick their ___!’ (5)55 DownReveal answer → Thank you Lord! (10)106 DownReveal answer → Greek characters in ‘ouse maybe chatter (6)66 DownReveal answer → Vile celebs paid off (10)107 DownReveal answer → Praising group of countries concerned with activity of shifting goods? (10)108 DownReveal answer → Toy home – for Darling? (5,5)109 DownReveal answer → Leader avoiding bike training called ‘old-fashioned’ (6)611 DownReveal answer → Listen up! (4,4)812 DownReveal answer → Husband in conflict, having got caress from someone at quayside (10)1013 DownReveal answer → Feel this? – some err (anag) (7)714 DownReveal answer → Sugary treat organised during affair (10)1014 DownReveal answer → Silica in hexagonal prisms (6)616 DownReveal answer → Party set up in delightful wood (6)616 DownReveal answer → Had to bring in detectives on street to make critical examination (4,4)818 DownReveal answer → Clean choppers (5)519 DownReveal answer → Slapping, salt-tossing sport (4)420 DownReveal answer → Non-pay area not operating? Stop suddenly (6)621 DownReveal answer → Deer in pain pursued by leader of louts (5)523 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Thursday, September 17, 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.