The Guardian Crossword September 9 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 61 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword September 9 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 61 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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Leverage of drinking establishment securing Nick (10,4)BARGAINING10Across
Entire workforce satisfied with speaker’s praise? (4,10)FULL4Across
Crustacean-based Lancastrian dish – promptest dish (anag) (6,7)POTTEDSHRIMPS13Across1
Pounds (3)LBS3Across1
Abs of ___ (5)STEEL5Across4
Carefree singsong syllables (3-2)TRALA5Across6
‘You have to get up pretty ___ in the morning to fool me!’ (5)EARLY5Across7
Gregarious ‘talking’ bird (4)MYNA4Across8
Cobber (3)PAL3Across8
Rather personal hint (8)INTIMATE8Across8
Populace (3,6)HOIPOLLOI9Across9
Wine jar adapted to store a frigid body (5)RIOJA5Across9
Number every sheet in book, e.g. (8)PAGINATE8Across10
Holstein-Friesian flesh? (4)BEEF4Across11
Rejected premier with expert going round north to make a pitch (6)ENCAMP6Across12
Sewer (6)WEAVER6Across13
Testifier calls for reduction to include page 1 (8)DEPONENT8Across14
Animator (6)DISNEY6Across14
The craft of stirring kith and kin with love (not hard) (3-4)KONTIKI7Across16
Central London area (4)SOHO4Across16
Ping over – attacking forked stick (8)CATAPULT8Across17
A college matter, for the record (7)ACCOUNT7Across18
Yeah! (5-2-2)WHOOPDEDO9Across20
See ya! (3)BYE3Across21
Hardened, sibilant vocalist’s ‘turned into the Prince of Darkness’? (8)OSSIFIED8Across21
Carbon dioxide or methane, eg (10,3)GREENHOUSEGAS13Across22
Reform’s ‘no extremist’ condition meets with dismay ultimately (6)MODIFY6Across23
Lowbrow entertainment – Gasp! Exclamation! (5)PANTO5Across27
Stabilising article by online pest suppressing ego (4-4)ANTIROLL8Across28
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Smooth over Shakespeare’s unrelenting resolve? (4,4)IRON4Down
Slur sees liberal undone after having got elected (8)INNUENDO8Down1
As a springy book or restaurant? (3-2)POPUP5Down1
Gain knowledge in (5)LEARN5Down1
Twilight protagonist or ‘the must-have classic women’s weekly for the modern woman’ (5)BELLA5Down2
Post for a utility (9,4)TELEGRAPHPOLE13Down2
Daredevil bats taking cover (6)MADCAP6Down3
Impress greatly at the open-mic night (4)SLAY4Down3
Better-quality (8)ENHANCED8Down3
Easily riled (6)SHIRTY6Down4
Dumber pants, a forerunner of shorts? (7)BERMUDA7Down4
Long part of a rose (4)STEM4Down4
Top of the house (4)ROOF4Down5
In respect of failing to start a Latin exam (4)ORAL4Down5
Handy surface for a TV supper (4)TRAY4Down5
2000 problem? (10,3)MILLENNIUMBUG13Down6
‘Green’s getting stony!’ – a familiar complaint (6,4)COMMONCOLD10Down6
Wine component almost turning brown! (6)TANNIN6Down7
Cook quickly in hot oil (4-3)STIRFRY7Down7
Having two husbands or wives, simultaneously (8)BIGAMOUS8Down12
That’s it, just as it is! (7)WYSIWYG7Down13
Under a terrible strain, man is scathing (10)ASTRINGENT10Down13
Belvedere (6)GAZEBO6Down15
Groundbreaker’s rejected last quarter’s image (3)PIC3Down15
Agreed to return one’s pet fish (3)KOI3Down17
Long lock (5)TRESS5Down18
Plain refusal by father to take on troubles (2-6)NOFRILLS8Down19
Swivel (4)SPIN4Down19
Officer has to revere virtually everybody? Not quite (7)ADMIRAL7Down20
Stylish, small disposable pad (6)SNAPPY6Down22
Grand = 1,000 (+ 80 – e) (6)MIGHTY6Down23
Cheese-maker’s dog food tip (4)CURD4Down26
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, September 9, 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.