The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 18 2026 Answers (8/18/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 18, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
8A	Flexible practitioner to support animated character
9A	Strength from dog shaking off lead
10A	Year in Spanish Main’s ending soon
11A	Disney princess left queen over trouble in country
12A	Book that is set in strange land
14A	Football team crush defensive formation
16A	North Korea’s leader hacking into computer’s digital printing devices
18A	Most generous and good of Poirot to make a comeback in case
21A	Carriage clock’s face cutting clumsy cleaner
23A	Personal assistant admits one form of word blindness
24A	Distressed maid in pantry retreating from flying insect
26A	Heartless bum in prison
27A	Hotel California charges old person
28A	I mention getting hammered before you can say Jack Robinson
1D	Benny Hill?
2D	Hero knocked over nuclear fuel
3D	11 stopping Spanish team getting close again
4D	Suppose Big Bird’s turning up to support Trump?
5D	Mother starts to upset Lily Savage
6D	Award sounded crazy for playwright
7D	Bad-tempered types last to get up for walk
13D	Value of New Romantic EP
15D	Shot regularly dismissed Ollie Pope
17D	Study of depression cut short
19D	Swindling trick from man in uniform
20D	Denis Villeneuve’s right to film movie in US city
22D	Chemist replacing parts of large Whopper
23D	2 followed by Tesla obliquely
25D	Artist trimmed long hair
26D	Musical Youth finally escaping from Jaws

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