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The Guardian Crossword September 3 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 58 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 3 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 58 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Parliamentary reps (3)MPS3Across1 Transparent linen or cotton fabric (5)TOILE5Across4 Holiday escort (4,5)TOURGUIDE9Across5 One more time (5)AGAIN5Across6 Propels with a pole (5)PUNTS5Across7 Wrestler’s trick with bad acne (4,4)JOHNCENA8Across7 In the altogether (4)NUDE4Across8 Word before ‘Alamos’ or ‘Angeles’ (3)LOS3Across8 Tub with a prize (5,3)LUCKYDIP8Across9 Small opening in Gogglebox you once rejected (6)EYELET6Across9 Eerie – like a spy? (6)SPOOKY6Across10 Sample from Lulu apparently repulsed my colleague (4)PAUL4Across10 Polynesian island that inspired Gauguin (6)TAHITI6Across11 Musicians performing late in ancient city (3,7)THEBEATLES10Across11 Stuff clinging to the back of Pete Best? (6)GEORGE6Across12 Small pointed tool – cocktail (6)GIMLET6Across13 Militant going into business with John Denver here (8)COLORADO8Across14 Belisha ___ (6)BEACON6Across15 Ducks once more coming back for rest (6)SPIDER6Across15 Wet, boggy ground (8)QUAGMIRE8Across16 German band love Foreigner, but not in a nice way (6)GRINGO6Across17 Timothy, Samuel or Mae (4)WEST4Across18 Computer storage component – tarmacked surface? (4,5)HARDDRIVE9Across19 Child cuddling cross monster (8)MINOTAUR8Across20 Every year songbirds going west over the hill (4,2)PASTIT6Across22 Ground doesn’t vex a Manchester United manager (4,6)DAVESEXTON10Across23 Put on endless party (4)STAG4Across24 Prime minister’s note opened by billionaire (6)MELONI6Across25 Number 19 nailing 501 (8)CARDINAL8Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Imposing women arrange bets (8)DOWAGERS8Down1 Powerful person – ski-slope bump (5)MOGUL5Down1 Hawaiian-inspired dish (usually raw fish) – prod it? (4,4)POKEBOWL8Down1 Particular canine abandoned by waterway (4)ANAL4Down2 Alicia Keys’ keys (5)PIANO5Down2 Hat – 1894 du Maurier novel (6)TRILBY6Down2 Car rentals regularly in competition (6)BEETLE6Down3 Narrow cuts (5)SLITS5Down3 Sweet, melodious (6)DULCET6Down3 Nervous, emotionally intense (4)EDGY4Down4 Derisive remark about my Picasso? (8)JEWELLER8Down4 Faucet (3)TAP3Down4 Fruit recipe stopping tennis ace going bananas (10)NECTARINES10Down5 Letters at both ends of Nuneaton (3)ENS3Down5 Offensively self-important – opium bust (anag) (9)BUMPTIOUS9Down6 Top ambassador interrupting ball (6)BEHEAD6Down6 Equine present – don’t look it in the mouth (4,5)GIFTHORSE9Down7 Means business (6)AGENCY6Down8 Hot spell (8)HEATWAVE8Down12 One who may charge money around statue (10)RHINOCEROS10Down13 What a glutton might have after seconds (6)THIRDS6Down14 Dull with sleep – ___-eyed (6)BLEARY6Down15 3 characters in hotel ate ridiculously (8)ELATERID8Down16 Bite – worry (4)GNAW4Down17 Islander’s fine home about to get washed out (8)OKINAWAN8Down18 Blue Ivy Carter initially supports Beyonce’s latest nonsense (6)EROTIC6Down19 Console gutted Modigliani over pictures (6)IMAGES6Down21 Long track in evergreen forest (6)PINERY6Down22 The Sun ringing Brockwell for dirt (4)SOIL4Down24

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Thursday, September 3, 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.