The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 22 2026 Answers (10/22/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 22, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Sheep exist on Mexican food
6A	Cake figurine, stable character
9A	Rickety ocean craft
10A	Willing to end court situation
11A	Where peers congregate for game of cards
12A	Reform three-person group fronted by former Israeli PM
14A	Dead animals reported in small bag? (5-2)
15A	For the moment, embracing holy book? Never!
16A	Cry out quiet sort’s pronoun
19A	Procedure for trimming most of keto meat
22A	Spooner’s seafood dish for demanding type
23A	Big jerk in western corporation
24A	Flimsy undergarment stylish for dummy
26A	Befuddle some characters in retro field day
27A	Undercover cop, perhaps with retro-style ponytail
28A	Bastard! Butler’s expletive overheard in European city
1D	Rustic’s neverending malady: acute pain
2D	Brown entrée in oven
3D	Employ alert screwball to cover expenses
4D	One girl crazy for heavy metal band?
5D	Royal’s lover’s idiot offspring
6D	Something to mind in central Singapore
7D	No limit? That’s what you think!
8D	Rancid hen meat gives you gas
13D	Sale of merchandise I alter?
16D	Players took the van, protected in a way
17D	Foul comedians (but not Gamble) not smelling so good?
18D	Disturbed, harried Harry has this
19D	Titleholder held up sailor in vocal quartet?
20D	Perry, accomplished in form of cricket?
21D	Pair of wrestlers spray graffiti on several mules
25D	What wolf might do, seeing horse

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