The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 21 2026 Answers (4/21/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 21, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword April 21, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 4/21/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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#	Clue
1A	Hunts persistently?
5A	Be careful with cat that’s gone wild
9A	Treatment centre hosted by Pamela Anderson
10A	Crete: nice, surprisingly – that’s not saying much
11A	Literary set gets flowers put in the ground
12A	Wolf down sandwich with duck filling
14A	Engineer restores path; it’s very high above us
18A	Time-poor French author misinterpreted as nostalgic?
21A	Where religious crowd congregate to see villain beheaded
22A	It’s more obvious having race later is nonsense
25A	Carnage regularly follows elderly American – and it returns repeatedly
26A	Keep in touch, having stabled horse
27A	Pure quality of German city church
28A	Name of female acquired on re-marriage?
1D	Inject vitamins into skin that’s loose
2D	Published party minute – that’s irregular
3D	Dull count showing some capacity for thinking
4D	Stand-in accepts credit for clean-up
5D	Game played mostly by those out of their depth
6D	Starts to trudge around coffee outlet providing food
7D	Afghan governor hides suffering in the morning?
8D	Scores left during games
13D	Bananas perhaps too often what’s misplaced by grocers?
15D	Top guy provides upset pal with meat and drink
16D	Final word, effective and quite open
17D	Vicar delving into religious sins of the past
19D	Open fire!
20D	Violent gangster endlessly engages in evil? It’s almost guaranteed (4-2)
23D	Dead, for example, like this old artist
24D	Stitched up in every direction