The Guardian Crossword September 28 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 63 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 63 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for September 28 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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Plight of conflicted Republican heads leading double lives (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Protective headgear (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → ‘Don Juan’ poet Lord ___51 AcrossReveal answer → Bone ___ (6)64 AcrossReveal answer → Pitiful account of boss turned politician (3,5)85 AcrossReveal answer → Awaken56 AcrossReveal answer → 1/16 of a pound57 AcrossReveal answer → Three-tone chord58 AcrossReveal answer → Combination (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → First name on some vacuums59 AcrossReveal answer → Sponge’s loose weight (8)89 AcrossReveal answer → Dick playing lute to break silence (6)610 AcrossReveal answer → Final, job or special? (5)510 AcrossReveal answer → Applying mascara isn’t a protection against greasy hair (12)1211 AcrossReveal answer → Lessened (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Over-the-top (7)712 AcrossReveal answer → Rocket salad starter with re-processed food (4)413 AcrossReveal answer → Provide supporting evidence (11)1113 AcrossReveal answer → Never underestimate Middle Eastern leaders with lively ability to put two and two together (8)814 AcrossReveal answer → City’s very bitter new agents? (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → Team leader changed, became mature (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Cattle feed plant (7)718 AcrossReveal answer → Creator of Pooh and Eeyore (5)520 AcrossReveal answer → A British duty to spread nudity (8,4)1220 AcrossReveal answer → Hang down (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Part of company that’s failing (6)623 AcrossReveal answer → Drop it by mistake (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Privy you once dumped in river? (8)824 AcrossReveal answer → Walk in water (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Motionless (6)625 AcrossReveal answer → Apartment charge for potential item of furniture? (8)825 AcrossReveal answer → Dance figure is switched between two parties (2-2-2)626 AcrossReveal answer →

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Chicken stock, e.g.51 DownReveal answer → Heat, but don’t boil (6)61 DownReveal answer → ‘___ the Top’ (Cole Porter song)52 DownReveal answer → Link (5)52 DownReveal answer → Excellent red for the diner? (4)42 DownReveal answer → In bits – USA nerd (anag) (7)73 DownReveal answer → Unpleasant encounter53 DownReveal answer → Somewhat over-tasked, add lead to make tracks (9)93 DownReveal answer → Superior toys on high (6)64 DownReveal answer → Wilde who wrote ‘I can resist everything except temptation’54 DownReveal answer → White Cliffs of Dover composition – morris dance yet to be arranged by Kay (11,4)155 DownReveal answer → Emotionally demanding55 DownReveal answer → Up in the air (5)55 DownReveal answer → Deliberate (7)76 DownReveal answer → Wretched, mannered start of assault on Everest? (4,4)86 DownReveal answer → Had a job – and was successful (6)67 DownReveal answer → Not opening, force lock (5)57 DownReveal answer → Similarity (11)118 DownReveal answer → The Pied Piper of abstract art – baseball player? (3-7)108 DownReveal answer → Intermittent sort of casino in Ohio state (10)1012 DownReveal answer → Jettison (7)714 DownReveal answer → Rife (7)715 DownReveal answer → Just a blend of proper English and ordinary American (9)915 DownReveal answer → Short of money (4,2)616 DownReveal answer → Uplifted, set sights on getting one around a scholarly environment (8)816 DownReveal answer → Measurement (6)617 DownReveal answer → Was a fish factory worker disappointed? (6)619 DownReveal answer → Where a buttonhole’s worn? (5)519 DownReveal answer → Soil: it isn’t common (5)521 DownReveal answer → Authentic (slang) (5)521 DownReveal answer → In-house detective was a druggie (4)422 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Monday, September 28, 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.