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The Guardian Crossword September 23 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 55 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 55 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for September 23 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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Across

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Smoke bomb has old, old pig racing around (9,5)9 AcrossReveal answer → Terrific temper in children’s ‘entertainer’? (7,7)7 AcrossReveal answer → Potato, informally (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → ‘Wolf ___’ (Hilary Mantel novel) (4)45 AcrossReveal answer → Sensational (3-8)115 AcrossReveal answer → Agree to take part (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Lend me your ears! (4)47 AcrossReveal answer → Polyphonic song (8)88 AcrossReveal answer → Curt (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Fashion Week passage (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → £15/hour, e.g. (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Somewhat passionless, no great show of affection (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Right manner the wrong way in incoherent arrangement favouring men (10)1011 AcrossReveal answer → Little song (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → God you are, but according to rumour? (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → What was that? (5)513 AcrossReveal answer → Tough with bug, I can hope initially to recover (8)813 AcrossReveal answer → Mind a child (7)714 AcrossReveal answer → Playground game (8)816 AcrossReveal answer → UHT drink? (4)417 AcrossReveal answer → Torchbearer (11)1118 AcrossReveal answer → Program termination, time for add-on (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Temperature only two or three in herb (8)823 AcrossReveal answer → Film panned by liberal left, now showing (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Fun breaking rocks, even surprising (10)1026 AcrossReveal answer → Wet bit (4)427 AcrossReveal answer → Children’s ‘entertainer’ given a poke, for not entirely crappy? (4,3)729 AcrossReveal answer →

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Children’s entertainer faced misery, advance rebuffed by young ladies (7,7)7 DownReveal answer → Dubious hair faced, safe balder anyhow (5,5)5 DownReveal answer → Word after ‘mug’ or before ‘glass’ (4)41 DownReveal answer → Idiot – tease (4)41 DownReveal answer → Musician, ‘experienced’ performer ultimately, one inspired by voodoo? (7)72 DownReveal answer → Origami material (5)52 DownReveal answer → Blackberry bush (7)72 DownReveal answer → Card – tool (5)53 DownReveal answer → One’s stopped primate achieving good promotion (5)53 DownReveal answer → Extreme (5)53 DownReveal answer → Neighbourhood (8)84 DownReveal answer → Open wound so deep, ten cuts (7)74 DownReveal answer → Roster of minor celebrities (5)54 DownReveal answer → Give us a couple of ticks (4,1,6)115 DownReveal answer → Goliath-slaying team? (5,6)116 DownReveal answer → Only good uniform required to turn up for concert (6)66 DownReveal answer → In shock, if I’d run off with hero (9)97 DownReveal answer → Formerly named (3)37 DownReveal answer → Short catchy phrase arising, singing well! (3,2,2)78 DownReveal answer → Keen, with crush on children’s ‘entertainer’? (7,6)139 DownReveal answer → Punning skill (8)810 DownReveal answer → In general (7)712 DownReveal answer → Swarming crustacean (5)515 DownReveal answer → Crooked, skewed clear sense (9)915 DownReveal answer → Confusing network (4)417 DownReveal answer → Constant protection of one aquatic bird by another, the first flying away (7)718 DownReveal answer → Sea, in waves, within which to land (7)720 DownReveal answer → Feeble grade in the end, fail with honour (6)622 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, September 23, 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.