Guardian Quick Crossword
Guardian Quick Crossword Answers & Hints - October 26, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 26, 2026
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Clue index
All Across and Down clues
Across
1.Attempt to acquire a new skill in13 letters8.Sodium chloride, eg4 letters9.Striped, burrowing squirrel8 letters10.Group of basic foods – with metallic taste?10 letters12.Starter (UK/Aus); main (US)6 letters14.Largest digit6 letters15.Discussion in bed10 letters19.Each year8 letters20.Citrus fruit skin4 letters21.Eg Twinkle, Twinkle and Mary, Mary13 letters
Down
2.Hot and sweaty while cooking Sunday lunch?8 letters3.Readily available5 letters4.Eliminate (bodily waste)7 letters5.Eponymous protagonist of Johanna Spyri novel5 letters6.Identifying label7 letters7.Tuscan river4 letters11.Grow together, fuse – close ace (anag)8 letters13.Says again7 letters14.Loaf – embarrassing blunder7 letters16.Relating to the moon5 letters17.State of agitation5 letters18.Male lover4 letters
About this crossword
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Common questions
Guardian Quick answer FAQ
Are these answers for October 26, 2026?
Yes. The page date comes from the puzzle record itself, including weekly titles and sources that do not publish every day.
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