The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 31 2026 Answers (8/31/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword August 31, 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 31, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 8/31/26, 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	Take flight, carrying Charlie, following sea transportation issue
5A	Recognises love shared by you and me?
9A	Oversees advancement of ecstasy in hell
10A	Schedule board to pursue Master embroiled in relationship
11A	Normally, on the other hand, start off cautiously after loud noise
12A	Reality show tailing female
14A	Being out of order, criticise and put down setter, heartless nut!
18A	Another order for gilt Nile scene excluding special information
21A	Giganet’s first free network
22A	Flying creature with claws circling international groups of soldiers
25A	Teaching can die out if it’s disordered
26A	Swing headless fish
27A	Wood surrounding the outskirts of Blackpool gets three times bigger
28A	Part company in English hamlet, half-cut
1D	Principally, social categorisation has one overwhelming limitation – it’s divided by class
2D	Chief briefly interrupted by a doctor turning tables
3D	French milk served up in German city’s just what we need
4D	Instructor’s express disapproval with soldiers
5D	Smell I left before I ate is cause to feel bad
6D	N American, African, Asian, Oceanian or even from the Antarctic!
7D	Open-minded nude American Bishop is sacked
8D	Watch Spooner’s electronics series?
13D	Nice places being arranged – somewhere to accommodate writers (6-4)
15D	1Ds for young, strait-laced group of stars
16D	Gin diet’s crazy – and most dull!
17D	Mood elevation when drinking Tango, putting away litres!
19D	It may be carrying files from the French supporting Eastern currency
20D	State agreement for rise
23D	Disorganised teens stressed
24D	Antifa illegally concealing collapse