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The Guardian Crossword September 5 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 85 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 5 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 85 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#
__ Tulliver, brother of 15? (3)TOM3Across1 ‘It is a ___, ___ better thing that I do … ’ (3)FAR3Across1 Animal-watching expedition – web browser (6)SAFARI6Across1 Announcement of boob job in passenger disembarkation zone (3,4)BUSSTOP7Across1 Mr Darcy’s sister? (9)GEORGIANA9Across3 Fermented milk drink (5)KEFIR5Across4 Language of Sri Lanka (5)TAMIL5Across4 Cannabis is best for reflecting (3)POT3Across5 Snap (5)ERUPT5Across6 After phone sex, resigns – give up, as there’s no winner here (4,2,5)CALLITQUITS11Across7 ___ the joint (5)CASED5Across7 Malaysian island state (6)PENANG6Across7 Turn down – rubbish (6)REFUSE6Across8 Stag’s counterpart (3)HEN3Across8 The elder of the Brothers Grimm? (5)JACOB5Across8 Arrest narcotics agent in London at first (4)NAIL4Across8 ___board (instrument panel) (4)DASH4Across9 Lead time expected to hurt each recipient, to begin with (6)TETHER6Across9 Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC (4,3)MAYALIN7Across9 __ Sea, body of water between India and Oman (7)ARABIAN7Across10 Spiral dive of an aeroplane (8)TAILSPIN8Across10 __ Musk, brother of Tosca? (4)ELON4Across11 Handheld kitchen utensil – large crisps (anag) (6,5)GARLICPRESS11Across12 Flower trouble had returned (6)DAHLIA6Across12 Good massage and some food (4)GRUB4Across13 Isabel __, central character in The Portrait of a Lady (6)ARCHER6Across13 __, central character in The Mill on the Floss (6)MAGGIE6Across15 Meeting prisoner with career (11)CONVOCATION11Across16 Soft illumination before sunrise or after sunset (8)TWILIGHT8Across17 The Roman god of war (4)MARS4Across18 Tab for bunch of keys for opening building, primarily (3)FOB3Across18 Boost working doctor (7)SURGEON7Across19 “___ Sesame” (4)OPEN4Across19 Land mass extending from Cabo da Roca to Chukotka (7)EURASIA7Across20 ___ would be a fine thing (6)CHANCE6Across20 I’ve got it! (6)EUREKA6Across21 Poet whose first names were William Butler (5)YEATS5Across22 Metal paper fastener (6)STAPLE6Across23 __ Society, US ornithological organisation (7)AUDUBON7Across23 Inorganic molecule whose concentration is measured in Dobson units (5)OZONE5Across24 Sister of Emily and Anne? (9)CHARLOTTE9Across25 Beverage known in Russian as chai (3)TEA3Across26

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
No taxi turned up for Francis? (5)BACON5Down1 Mo with medals (5)FARAH5Down1 Programming’s #! – the whole ___ (7)SHEBANG7Down1 Mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh (3,5)TAJMAHAL8Down1 Holy city of Islam (5)MECCA5Down2 Weight, bed or duster (7)FEATHER7Down2 Said trade in cod, for example, is egotistical (7)SELFISH7Down2 ‘Do I ___ you?’ (5)AMUSE5Down2 Name given to a British woman who married a US soldier during the second world war (2,5)GIBRIDE7Down3 Is this rugby position likely to be blue? (5,4)RIGHTWING9Down3 Labour taxed only immoral landlords, originally (4)TOIL4Down3 Become ready to eat (5)RIPEN5Down3 Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny, the __ brothers (6)OSMOND6Down4 Annoyed, reached the highest point, reportedly (6)PIQUED6Down4 Gumshoe (3)TEC3Down4 Genuflect (5)KNEEL5Down4 Chris __, record-breaking former West Indian batter (5)GAYLE5Down5 Aardman Animations, ___ (3)LTD3Down5 Letter to Greek starts to praise her intelligence (3)PHI3Down5 Awkward mistake (4,3)FAUXPAS7Down5 Danish city in Jutland (7)AALBORG7Down6 In revolution, again took electroshock weapon (5)TASER5Down6 Feeling regret (6)RUEING6Down6 __ I a Woman?, speech by Sojourner Truth (4)AINT4Down7 Picked up drug for leading lady (7)HEROINE7Down10 Steers plane in Louisiana over the sea, principally (6)PILOTS6Down11 Not able to wait, restless (9)IMPATIENT9Down11 Confronted revolutionary for coffee (5)DECAF5Down12 Éamon __, former Irish prime minister (2,6)DEVALERA8Down12 Folk tale’s Arabian woodcutter (3,4)ALIBABA7Down13 Mountain in African country (5)BENIN5Down14 Gordon’s sister in Penelope Lively’s Moon Tiger (7)CLAUDIA7Down14 Self-gratifying journey? (3,4)EGOTRIP7Down14 Over the phone, amount charged for ticket is reasonable (4)FAIR4Down15 Little spot of colour (7)SPECKLE7Down15 Gooey – like a twig? (6)STICKY6Down16 In religious art, a circle of light or halo (7)AUREOLE7Down16 Nick’s embargo lifted (3)NAB3Down17 Family at the centre of Pride and Prejudice (6)BENNET6Down17 Tiny bone in middle ear (5)INCUS5Down18 Seline’s sister in The Vampire Diaries (5)SYBIL5Down19 The nickname of Jean Louise Finch, sister of Jem? (5)SCOUT5Down21 The residue of grapes after being pressed (4)MARC4Down22

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, September 5, 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.