Guardian Quick Crossword
Guardian Quick Crossword Answers & Hints - October 22, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 22, 2026
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Clue index
All Across and Down clues
Across
1.Spinning toy – beetle9 letters8.Male pig4 letters9.1990 film starring Macaulay Culkin9 letters10.Hi, flap or black4 letters13.Sets of six legal deliveries (cricket)5 letters15.Make possible6 letters16.=6 letters17.Tip, nail or print6 letters19.The Marriage of ___ (Mozart opera)6 letters20.Wanderer5 letters21.Jester – fruit dessert4 letters24.Impetuous, easily angered9 letters25.Vegetable – national emblem of Wales4 letters26.Venomous tree-snake – salmon bog (anag)9 letters
Down
2.It’s paired with eye to produce fastening4 letters3.Stiff marsh or water grass4 letters4.Besotted6 letters5.Take no notice of6 letters6.Lose it completely and fruitily?9 letters7.Car part – shake brew (spoonerism)9 letters11.Commotion – fluff reek (anag)9 letters12.Grass-cutter9 letters13.Past (days/times)5 letters14.Cephalopod – pound sterling5 letters18.Decorative style originating in France (1730s)6 letters19.Get to the bottom of6 letters22.Bitterness4 letters23.Blood vessel4 letters
About this crossword
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Common questions
Guardian Quick answer FAQ
Are these answers for October 22, 2026?
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