Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - August 19, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 19, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
8.Flexible practitioner to support animated character8 letters9.Strength from dog shaking off lead5 letters10.Year in Spanish Main’s ending soon4 letters11.Disney princess left queen over trouble in country10 letters12.Book that is set in strange land6 letters14.Football team crush defensive formation8 letters16.North Korea’s leader hacking into computer’s digital printing devices7 letters18.Most generous and good of Poirot to make a comeback in case7 letters21.Carriage clock’s face cutting clumsy cleaner8 letters23.Personal assistant admits one form of word blindness6 letters24.Distressed maid in pantry retreating from flying insect10 letters26.Heartless bum in prison4 letters27.Hotel California charges old person5 letters28.I mention getting hammered before you can say Jack Robinson8 letters
Down
1.Benny Hill?8 letters2.Hero knocked over nuclear fuel4 letters3.11 stopping Spanish team getting close again6 letters4.Suppose Big Bird’s turning up to support Trump?7 letters5.Mother starts to upset Lily Savage4 letters6.Award sounded crazy for playwright10 letters7.Bad-tempered types last to get up for walk6 letters13.Value of New Romantic EP10 letters15.Shot regularly dismissed Ollie Pope3 letters17.Study of depression cut short3 letters19.Swindling trick from man in uniform8 letters20.Denis Villeneuve’s right to film movie in US city7 letters22.Chemist replacing parts of large Whopper6 letters23.2 followed by Tesla obliquely6 letters25.Artist trimmed long hair4 letters26.Musical Youth finally escaping from Jaws4 letters
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