The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 1 2026 Answers (10/1/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 1, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Rubber bird I replaced by middle of May
6A	Best comedian with shaved head
9A	Right bores enthusiastic about prelude
10A	Piquant quality of Moroccan dishes including new spices, primarily
11A	Autobiography shows charm
12A	Mere end-of-year claptrap at work, or a good way to reward staff? (11-7,3)
14A	Medley of writing, perhaps, in distant past
15A	See 12
16A	Fish arrive in bays?
19A	Laboured like some circus performers?
22A	Annual ritual rearranging ten car seats
23A	See 12
24A	Former revolutionary with brief question for Treasury department
26A	Overturned tennis umpire’s call for Don
27A	Make stick shelter
28A	One in women’s underwear going to the right restaurant
1D	Maybe Joey to leave motor racing track unexpectedly (4-3)
2D	Gossip about one being more smart
3D	Vietnamese soup’s super when condensed, essentially – it reacts with proteins
4D	Marsupial droppings covering car with roof removed
5D	Managed two-thirds of schedule, showing animosity
6D	Short, elegant letter from Athens
7D	Jules, possibly, probing alien hypothetical communication infrastructure
8D	In error, dispatch young woman with object
13D	Having many locations, University claims millions put off
16D	She wrote request to block setter, 50
17D	Swimmer cut my back
18D	Methodist urban housing muddle
19D	Performed song on the counter for drink
20D	Better assistant is trendy sort with time for husband
21D	Senior member cooked nurses bread in Japan
25D	A number going naked the day before

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