The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 20 2026 Answers (10/20/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 20, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Deserved relaxation eventually, being lugged around
5A	Bag is in right end of busy dressing room
9A	Really excellent ball game cheers king (4-4)
10A	Food manufacturers are in protected position
11A	Vaccination booster?
13A	Live with a socially superior admirer
14A	Sacked, one inept dancer who is so unnaturally tall?
17A	Police chief overrides law for possibly harmful agents
18A	Astroturf is too much for left-winger
20A	Love acting, without hope of success
23A	Boiler given oxygen going vigorously like this? (5-1)
24A	His toast wants a spread? I don’t believe you
25A	Uncanny children almost messing with time
26A	Old district, not one part of America
2D	Money maker a failure? Not entirely
3D	It is essential, born on earth, to accept some failing occasionally
4D	Modern business caught up in catastrophe
5D	Breaded fish women organised after children’s game and before church
6D	Monument not cheap to sculpt
7D	A lot of lies not initially a problem
8D	Indulgence of endlessly pilfered allowance
12D	In a row preserving alliance is concerning high-ranking politician
15D	Become part of group felling giant tree
16D	Emphasise bell stops contest
19D	Simple restaurant’s gravy overcomes resistance
21D	Captain Ahab for one losing weight gets fitter
22D	Capital both sides lost in trade union’s protest

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