Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - October 26, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 26, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
9.Frank, Barney’s suitor9 letters10.Fine bannister in a decrepit state5 letters11.Times: ‘Politician wearing wrong tie!’5 letters12.Exhibition dancing, etc in fancy places9 letters13.Warlike ruler needs good English, not Latin, to move a thousand Chinese people7 letters14.Brush off insult by female7 letters17.On removal of a rum levy one gets a good, fair price5 letters19.See 173 letters20.See 175 letters21.It restricts one who’s prone to crush male sex7 letters22.Director got into line beside one7 letters24.Kay playing tricks – a time to get going again9 letters26.Fight to see star’s bottom in dirty film5 letters28.Fruit, one applied to painful growth5 letters29.Heroics – pistol turned on fleeing diamonds ring9 letters
Down
1.Row of drums overturned4 letters2.Rear end removed from game meat6 letters3.Increasing the wealth of Bezos and Musk, say, in field of medicine10 letters4.Fail to spot American old lady6 letters5.Criminal proposal to squeeze rear8 letters6.In brief, I think it might help the police4 letters7.‘Contains nuts’ ban8 letters8.Rare occurrence of adult at low end of chain4 letters13.Donated large mallet5 letters15.Facile, off limits pics10 letters16.Digital writers using pen element5 letters18.Meek sort on about Spring dinner item8 letters19.Struggle through crossings ahead8 letters22.Tense fellow, head of union, true eccentric6 letters23.Like Cinderella’s popular jazzy pieces6 letters24.See 13 Across4 letters25.Southern – what’s more, smooth4 letters27.See 84 letters
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