The Guardian Crossword September 25 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 66 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 66 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for September 25 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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Branches-and-twigs plastered technique (6,3,4)131 AcrossReveal answer → Sound of a water balloon hitting the ground (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Wishy-washy RSVP (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → 20ac to nip out in car (7)77 AcrossReveal answer → Fibber’s admission (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Play hookey (4,3)78 AcrossReveal answer → Author’s copyright, say, written in artificial language lacking in use (7)78 AcrossReveal answer → Pre-Easter period (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Trend (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Fraction of a joule (3)39 AcrossReveal answer → Cloth sample in Mombasa rickshaw (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Digital discomfort caused as actor pressed remote (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Lawn (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Melt (8)811 AcrossReveal answer → Worry after starts to get ready in August (5)512 AcrossReveal answer → Rated clue quid pro quo? (5-3)813 AcrossReveal answer → Soothing ointment (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → Field sight – tow cap (anag) (6)614 AcrossReveal answer → Softies on the right left (4)415 AcrossReveal answer → 20ac found in 20ac in woods (5)516 AcrossReveal answer → 20ac retired fading star (4)417 AcrossReveal answer → Up to you – piano lot (anag) (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → Cosiest room in pub with guest not fit for all (8)818 AcrossReveal answer → Pig – or daddy hedgehog (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Banker’s club lost its head (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → Water lily (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Those making trunk calls when footballer rejected by county (9)921 AcrossReveal answer → Bar (7)722 AcrossReveal answer → Drab moving from black to white when on scale? (4)422 AcrossReveal answer → Tale of woe, told for sympathy (4-4,5)1324 AcrossReveal answer → Frantic when fool includes sex education (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → French street to get quiet routine back during break (7)725 AcrossReveal answer →

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Message hidden in alliterative passage? (4)41 DownReveal answer → Trap (3)31 DownReveal answer → Upside-down frown (5)51 DownReveal answer → Side shoot (7)72 DownReveal answer → Those who spread filth include source of plot revelations (8)82 DownReveal answer → Having less colour (5)52 DownReveal answer → In a recumbent position (5)53 DownReveal answer → Hover menacingly (4)43 DownReveal answer → Consequence of lob? (6)63 DownReveal answer → Help in crime (4)44 DownReveal answer → Conversant (2,4)64 DownReveal answer → How one is knocked as team trails? (8)84 DownReveal answer → Lasso on Apple TV+ (3)35 DownReveal answer → Group of teams in league (8)85 DownReveal answer → Coward’s spirit thusly seen in barrel drunk by that man? (6)65 DownReveal answer → Strike a blow to groin having struck backside previously? (4)46 DownReveal answer → Heavenly messenger (5)56 DownReveal answer → Tower of London warder (9)97 DownReveal answer → Bulgur wheat, parsley, tomatoes, olive oil and lemon juice (9)910 DownReveal answer → Worn-out, he meant to work out (4-5)911 DownReveal answer → Driver’s aim is to be ecologically responsible (5)512 DownReveal answer → Binge (8)812 DownReveal answer → Passion for first under any circumstances (5)514 DownReveal answer → Qualification (7)715 DownReveal answer → Thrashed out addition to the capital’s skyline (3,5)816 DownReveal answer → Cloth (6)616 DownReveal answer → Direct a neat dodge to collect interest on the street (8)817 DownReveal answer → Private teacher (5)518 DownReveal answer → Like café might be when smothered by 22 (6)619 DownReveal answer → Gentle touch (4)420 DownReveal answer → Sappers’ prompt relief (6)620 DownReveal answer → Before final curtain, First Lady will be flush (4)421 DownReveal answer → Take home note, following musical talent (4)423 DownReveal answer → Bonfire Night bloke? (3)323 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, September 25, 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.