Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - August 25, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 25, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Still pace fuel supply8 letters6.Understood this Roman style of architecture6 letters9.Bird in Greek river6 letters10.Calm company man initially sat for artist8 letters11.Leader in Cambridge blues after six wins9 letters13.Pick up European vet5 letters15.Mark it right in report card6 letters17.One returning in jumper, say – it’s for protection6 letters18.Section of sundial erroneously rotated and put down again6 letters19.Perhaps surprisingly, notice very short book6 letters21.Stamp grain product with date5 letters22.Is the cause of stories behind two foreign articles9 letters25.Chef’s team in grey trousers getting very hot8 letters26.Boy attending a musical performance6 letters28.Charlie takes a break in mountain-tops6 letters29.A New Year with present in whichever location8 letters
Down
2.Finally tune dulciana for organ3 letters3.Sovereign’s palace captured, we hear?5 letters4.Engineer used filler for heraldic design10 letters5.Crusty growth in part of metallic henneries6 letters6.Up for tennis?4 letters7.Part of cog starts to aggravate cyclist’s healthy exercise – such a pain9 letters8.Cook special bean? Sure!11 letters12.Translator to bury Peter Rabbit’s introduction inside11 letters14.Recklessly sells dowry without a sound10 letters16.Doctor: send Clara for lists of appointments9 letters20.Missing first letter, imagine resolved riddle6 letters23.Send off without a meal5 letters24.Overshoot M1 service station’s entrances4 letters27.Heads off to outlying rock-strewn mountain3 letters
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