The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 25 2026 Answers (8/25/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 25, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 25, 2026 Answers

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« August 24 2026 Answers

#	Clue
9A	Big Apple’s best ever on bread – and butter
10A	Possible sickener, incomplete story of environmentalism?
11A	Father, forward in motion …
12A	… priest entering job
13A	Deputy Viking perhaps flayed
14A	European city recovering from disappointment, investing not as much
16A	A burden for a Titan in debt – Lord have mercy!
17A	Describing a vessel – whimsically or not?
19A	Kid’s knocked over shed one rebuilt – a wind-up for the horticulturalist?
22A	Building unit razed to the ground?
24A	After embroidering, sender wraps uniform for purchaser
25A	Pink paper is tucked inside permit, red
26A	I don’t want you, old bean, in fruit …
27A	… and similarly in veg?
1D	Quite friendly person playing with mates, man paying a visit
2D	How one might make bid, terribly
3D	Revolution trammelled by democracy, clearly
4D	Old drama served up with opera in state capital
5D	Small strips in small bone
6D	Descent as intolerance of spirit reported?
7D	Country in defeat like that, 5-0
8D	LIST, say, how Trump sees Canada? (5-5,5)
15D	Book in cypher so encrypted for etailer
17D	Fraction outside of second, swimmer pushing hard?
18D	Something possibly sugared in water turned up, sweet
20D	Sound clothes I had on
21D	Run over manuscript for secluded groups
23D	Routinely concerned with all one’s toes?