Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - October 19, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 19, 2026
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Across
1.Finish brilliantly in two languages12 letters9.A national symbol came into being5 letters10.Model car, a true sport9 letters11.Country hotel, so fashionable7 letters12.Getting better, we’re told, in hooker’s job7 letters13.Damning evidence of bad habit: one’s shot10 letters15.An indistinct band?4 letters18.Large dog returning, holding this in mouth?4 letters19.Be given a red card? Show mercy10 letters22.Realist waving flag7 letters24.As written, I must be punishable by death7 letters25.Witty person alert for cheat9 letters26.Conscious of a solemn vigil5 letters27.Flashers risk lenient sentence at first12 letters
Down
1.Pays for device to make leg-rest9 letters2.Blue blanket: current charge may follow this, very exciting8 letters3.Small role, but was offered Oscar5 letters4.Cooped up at home, a luxurious one9 letters5.Child finishing their time at school, no friend of EU6 letters6.Middle Easterner first to suffer actual unpleasantness dating Iraqi5 letters7.Anecdotes about British places to eat6 letters8.They say he can’t choose protein in pub6 letters14.The King’s home, elegance over acres9 letters16.Always set off, at any rate9 letters17.Party manager to bind up neck injury8 letters18.Fundamental principles I start to challenge in low voice6 letters20.Shoot ploughman6 letters21.Celebration: is it safe to dance?6 letters23.Grub, a scoop from popular vanilla5 letters24.Cold spring month, almost all in upmarket resort5 letters
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