The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 27 2026 Answers (8/27/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 27, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Iron Man is a woman
4A	Criticise character from Athens, thus creating sort of poetry
9A	Snack: portion of spinach ossobuco
10A	Photo, a character from long ago: outspoken rogue
11A	Engaged in drink, CIA annulled cryptic system of old Rome
13A	Plunderers’ music fest in part of Winchester?
14A	Prey for an aardvark: one Contra
16A	God backflips into canal
18A	Lifted off around two, say: it may require a shot
21A	Get ogress irritated and annoyed with symbol
23A	Smooth talker on X, say
24A	Arrest in general location reversed
25A	Sob stories in Slate?
26A	Turkish bigwig covers arse, it may be hidden
1D	Satisfactory punishment
2D	Ingredient of comfort food covering rear end of Shakespearean
3D	Celebrated rugby player offside
5D	Amoebae and such travelled nautical miles, giving up sex in retrospect
6D	Lower, but greater
7D	Originally, source (excessively loud noise) was a sub
8D	Hustler’s damage includes train wreck
12D	Singer wanting cabbage to whip up piece in advance
13D	Don’t play at stalls where Yanks relieve themselves?
15D	Drunken peer falls into brewski-chugging contraption in drinkers’ diversion
17D	E for Einstein?
19D	€ is based on this Greek character harboured by lone lunatic
20D	75% of plátanos turned into something romantic
22D	Killer imprisoned in Windsor Castle

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