The Guardian Cryptic Crossword June 17 2026 Answers (6/17/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword June 17, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword June 17, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	See 26
5A	Frank discussions in a trade-off digested
9A	Clue about bulb, essentially?
10A	A few missing artist in essence, US president
11A	See Yorkshire flower near Sheff U v Sheff W, say
12A	Last of ham we taste mixed up – in this?
14A	Land idols in trouble?
18A	US actress, how might she cause a stir in speech?
21A	Groovy chassis on a jalopy
22A	Sense of outrageous theatre initially dressing Australian in drag
25A	Boy in Blue artist …
26A	… gets quarter
27A	Team getting stuffed in flop, I give up!
28A	Close, as Mexican dog in East London?
1D	Pluck item from the wine rack?
2D	Survivor brightened up again having caught cold
3D	Rough tongue in nude rogue
4D	Western Samoa discontented here with poor supply
5D	Animated solver’s clue?
6D	Christmas movie cut, cut for Christmas!
7D	Hawker steals present from that place
8D	A cap in use tilted badly, level up
13D	That said in support of stinker, describing nicer comic 23 down
15D	Chance gone, lots being wasted?
16D	Expression of embarrassment while burying head in whelk shell
17D	Riddle from Sphinx’s first teacher
19D	Little bird in leak
20D	Force once applied to opening in sink blockage
23D	See 4
24D	See 12-Across