Guardian Quiptic Crossword
Guardian Quiptic Crossword Answers & Hints - October 4, 2026
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Puzzle date
October 4, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Fun performer read to hostile crowd7 letters5.Little bird nicks lids but can do no more?7 letters9.Cabby’s eager to hide alternative way to travel5 letters10.Governess wastes time in book opening9 letters11.Potter’s eye reimagined characteristic model10 letters12.Instinct is to pull back3 letters14.Anxiety about electric vehicle in practice facility12 letters18.He shook sleepy lives around rock’s beginning12 letters21.Drink forced king to abandon Scottish church in the end3 letters22.Coastal fort eventually destroyed by the tide10 letters25.Cautioned about such knowledge9 letters26.Nasty character UK sent back – well done5 letters27.One annually presenting favourable margins for city7 letters28.Hospital department, somewhat dodgy, displaying disorder7 letters
Down
1.Half of roof broken but it’s sound6 letters2.Playboy’s terrific store of seafood6 letters3.Mama is true criminal – but it doesn’t pay10 letters4.Diplomacy must gather information to be understood5 letters5.Catch high-pitched noises from bells and whistles?9 letters6.Plant initiating another capital expenditure review4 letters7.Activity that contributes to cleaning up when begging?8 letters8.Drunken three, hot for sex?8 letters13.Fundamental capitalist idea lets you get stuff for nothing!10 letters15.Say something about lines appearing around holiday island9 letters16.Dissolute Irishman’s resolution to cut back bad language8 letters17.Capsize open vessel8 letters19.Boss supported by central unions in workplace6 letters20.My holding on to broken seal is pathetic6 letters23.Dye one’s pet occasionally? That’s just stupid5 letters24.Heroin by another name will create aggressive display4 letters
About this crossword
Solve Guardian Quiptic without losing the thread
Approachable cryptic clues designed for developing solvers. The grid preserves the original Across and Down numbering, including linked clue references where supplied.
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Are these answers for October 4, 2026?
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