Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - October 27, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 27, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Almost all pie filling inside lacking energy and without flavour7 letters5.Hoffman last to ad-lib lines – could be rubbish in it?7 letters9.Hear about conclusion of royal warrant5 letters10.Working 11 – 1 whatever the consequences9 letters11.Check case, Charlie brought forward – it’s not going away on holiday10 letters12.Film wanting new runner3 letters14.Reverend Spooner’s adoring congregation means to raise packet?12 letters18.Main earners pitching Brewer’s Inn ad12 letters21.Forensic evidence maybe dental occasionally3 letters22.Tempt to the wrong path, given strange delay around Vauxhall?10 letters25.Previously mentioned in safe radio broadcast9 letters26.How’s your father holding in any pee – as discussed, it’s awkward5 letters27.Coming home in spring7 letters28.Light’s covering vertical walls in harbour7 letters
Down
1.Least occupied hotel’s closing – that is assumed6 letters2.Article undermining fake medicine man6 letters3.Parking in a company car to get drink10 letters4.Plan using force to break into empty depot5 letters5.Dr. No about to ascend – meeting his maker? That’s harsh9 letters6.Ultimately traces MacLintock family name to Hebridean island4 letters7.Perhaps manual work supports quiet retail outlet8 letters8.Complains – horribly sick after dodgy pint8 letters13.As ever, gig’s turning hostile10 letters15.A story about conservative bishop with lock-keeper?9 letters16.Adult shoot with backless dress in capital city8 letters17.Macbeth distraught describing Banquo’s end as great sacrifice8 letters19.Content to bury man in grave6 letters20.Priests say God regularly turned up in Pearl’s place?6 letters23.Expected to swallow diamonds – initially stomach swells5 letters24.23 hours essentially to make list4 letters
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