The Guardian Crossword September 5 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 85 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 85 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for September 5 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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__ Tulliver, brother of 15? (3)31 AcrossReveal answer → ‘It is a ___, ___ better thing that I do … ’ (3)31 AcrossReveal answer → Animal-watching expedition – web browser (6)61 AcrossReveal answer → Announcement of boob job in passenger disembarkation zone (3,4)71 AcrossReveal answer → Mr Darcy’s sister? (9)93 AcrossReveal answer → Fermented milk drink (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Language of Sri Lanka (5)54 AcrossReveal answer → Cannabis is best for reflecting (3)35 AcrossReveal answer → Snap (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → After phone sex, resigns – give up, as there’s no winner here (4,2,5)117 AcrossReveal answer → ___ the joint (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → Malaysian island state (6)67 AcrossReveal answer → Turn down – rubbish (6)68 AcrossReveal answer → Stag’s counterpart (3)38 AcrossReveal answer → The elder of the Brothers Grimm? (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Arrest narcotics agent in London at first (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → ___board (instrument panel) (4)49 AcrossReveal answer → Lead time expected to hurt each recipient, to begin with (6)69 AcrossReveal answer → Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC (4,3)79 AcrossReveal answer → __ Sea, body of water between India and Oman (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → Spiral dive of an aeroplane (8)810 AcrossReveal answer → __ Musk, brother of Tosca? (4)411 AcrossReveal answer → Handheld kitchen utensil – large crisps (anag) (6,5)1112 AcrossReveal answer → Flower trouble had returned (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → Good massage and some food (4)413 AcrossReveal answer → Isabel __, central character in The Portrait of a Lady (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → __, central character in The Mill on the Floss (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Meeting prisoner with career (11)1116 AcrossReveal answer → Soft illumination before sunrise or after sunset (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → The Roman god of war (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Tab for bunch of keys for opening building, primarily (3)318 AcrossReveal answer → Boost working doctor (7)719 AcrossReveal answer → “___ Sesame” (4)419 AcrossReveal answer → Land mass extending from Cabo da Roca to Chukotka (7)720 AcrossReveal answer → ___ would be a fine thing (6)620 AcrossReveal answer → I’ve got it! (6)621 AcrossReveal answer → Poet whose first names were William Butler (5)522 AcrossReveal answer → Metal paper fastener (6)623 AcrossReveal answer → __ Society, US ornithological organisation (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → Inorganic molecule whose concentration is measured in Dobson units (5)524 AcrossReveal answer → Sister of Emily and Anne? (9)925 AcrossReveal answer → Beverage known in Russian as chai (3)326 AcrossReveal answer →

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No taxi turned up for Francis? (5)51 DownReveal answer → Mo with medals (5)51 DownReveal answer → Programming’s #! – the whole ___ (7)71 DownReveal answer → Mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh (3,5)81 DownReveal answer → Holy city of Islam (5)52 DownReveal answer → Weight, bed or duster (7)72 DownReveal answer → Said trade in cod, for example, is egotistical (7)72 DownReveal answer → ‘Do I ___ you?’ (5)52 DownReveal answer → Name given to a British woman who married a US soldier during the second world war (2,5)73 DownReveal answer → Is this rugby position likely to be blue? (5,4)93 DownReveal answer → Labour taxed only immoral landlords, originally (4)43 DownReveal answer → Become ready to eat (5)53 DownReveal answer → Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny, the __ brothers (6)64 DownReveal answer → Annoyed, reached the highest point, reportedly (6)64 DownReveal answer → Gumshoe (3)34 DownReveal answer → Genuflect (5)54 DownReveal answer → Chris __, record-breaking former West Indian batter (5)55 DownReveal answer → Aardman Animations, ___ (3)35 DownReveal answer → Letter to Greek starts to praise her intelligence (3)35 DownReveal answer → Awkward mistake (4,3)75 DownReveal answer → Danish city in Jutland (7)76 DownReveal answer → In revolution, again took electroshock weapon (5)56 DownReveal answer → Feeling regret (6)66 DownReveal answer → __ I a Woman?, speech by Sojourner Truth (4)47 DownReveal answer → Picked up drug for leading lady (7)710 DownReveal answer → Steers plane in Louisiana over the sea, principally (6)611 DownReveal answer → Not able to wait, restless (9)911 DownReveal answer → Confronted revolutionary for coffee (5)512 DownReveal answer → Éamon __, former Irish prime minister (2,6)812 DownReveal answer → Folk tale’s Arabian woodcutter (3,4)713 DownReveal answer → Mountain in African country (5)514 DownReveal answer → Gordon’s sister in Penelope Lively’s Moon Tiger (7)714 DownReveal answer → Self-gratifying journey? (3,4)714 DownReveal answer → Over the phone, amount charged for ticket is reasonable (4)415 DownReveal answer → Little spot of colour (7)715 DownReveal answer → Gooey – like a twig? (6)616 DownReveal answer → In religious art, a circle of light or halo (7)716 DownReveal answer → Nick’s embargo lifted (3)317 DownReveal answer → Family at the centre of Pride and Prejudice (6)617 DownReveal answer → Tiny bone in middle ear (5)518 DownReveal answer → Seline’s sister in The Vampire Diaries (5)519 DownReveal answer → The nickname of Jean Louise Finch, sister of Jem? (5)521 DownReveal answer → The residue of grapes after being pressed (4)422 DownReveal answer →

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