Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - October 7, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 7, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Brute has wiped mouth on floor6 letters4.Cut top off crown, not probing cavity from the back8 letters9.Pith in decay, sign – it’s this?6 letters10.Food’s black I see, scraped back in house8 letters11.Dentist’s chair, where gas supplied in the US14 letters13.Show girl disheartened, bandaged by loose sheet – what would nitrous oxide have given her?10 letters14.Send erotic message with kiss where flossing teeth?4 letters16.Pivot end of utensil into chopper4 letters18.Contemporary guided by dental implant?10 letters21.Where dentist looks miserable14 letters23.Canine eats and eats8 letters24.Nippy dental ability?6 letters25.Something worn, in under three seconds chewed up8 letters26.Anaesthetic around root of canine – and incisor?6 letters
Down
1.Hair clip4 letters2.Not everyone’s cup of tea in pot?7 letters3.Love French poet briefly covered8 letters5.Cash for moving Whistler held up by wonky fastener11 letters6.Nothing about swap, initially, question exchange6 letters7.Debauchee gripping metal drill7 letters8.In having wrong date below space towards the top, numbered for reference9 letters12.Artless goon zonked, extraction causing little discomfort then?11 letters13.Mushy crud bottled by baby feeders, little things activated when emotional?9 letters15.One carrying on is supporter of working rights8 letters17.Very bad, the score7 letters19.Baltic, welcome this when shivering7 letters20.Nipper, a little chap in cerise6 letters22.Substance taking dental impression, pattern scaled up4 letters
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