Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - September 10, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 10, 2026
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Across
1.Coffee back in canteen, provided cups laid out9 letters6.See 20 Down4 letters8.One’s filled with various pictures8 letters9.Rat, I suspect, has gobbled six trifles6 letters10.Shed in Berkshire town6 letters11.US author referencing issue with mountain, page covered by explanation for sticky foot?8 letters12.Rubbish charges thus frozen6 letters15.Class nuisance, out unfortunately for detention8 letters16.Red upset with union awaiting the press?8 letters19.Twitter feed, it heralding gulps?6 letters21.A less taxing sailors’ yarn?8 letters22.Ticked off – as top?6 letters24.See 3 Down6 letters25.Odious pipe, with joint to inhale8 letters26.Recess, politicians on vacation in Adelaide spewing guts4 letters27.Short continental break where plonk guzzled – and most bubbly?9 letters
Down
1.Flounce and kick down Whitechapel Road?5 letters2.See 21 Across7 letters3.Leader on laptop behind it, our chats fallacious?5 letters4.Hardly what conductor may seemingly have done with it7 letters5.Triggered by old boarding school? On the contrary9 letters6.Upbringing happy, good day to hide – nowhere to disappear?7 letters7.Clear I am at home when opening lift9 letters13.Subject of pop artist put on, if so surrealistic?9 letters14.Vessel requiring a load gets it on9 letters17.Breather touching on venom7 letters18.A shipmate’s last race having capsized on the ocean7 letters20.Skeleton with less foot to shake about, scintillating dancer?7 letters22.See 11 Across5 letters23.Principle, if flipping the same?5 letters
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