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

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 26, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
9A	Frank, Barney’s suitor
10A	Fine bannister in a decrepit state
11A	Times: ‘Politician wearing wrong tie!’
12A	Exhibition dancing, etc in fancy places
13A	Warlike ruler needs good English, not Latin, to move a thousand Chinese people
14A	Brush off insult by female
17A	On removal of a rum levy one gets a good, fair price
19A	See 17
20A	See 17
21A	It restricts one who’s prone to crush male sex
22A	Director got into line beside one
24A	Kay playing tricks – a time to get going again (4-5)
26A	Fight to see star’s bottom in dirty film
28A	Fruit, one applied to painful growth
29A	Heroics – pistol turned on fleeing diamonds ring (7-2)
1D	Row of drums overturned
2D	Rear end removed from game meat
3D	Increasing the wealth of Bezos and Musk, say, in field of medicine
4D	Fail to spot American old lady
5D	Criminal proposal to squeeze rear
6D	In brief, I think it might help the police (1-3)
7D	‘Contains nuts’ ban
8D	Rare occurrence of adult at low end of chain
13D	Donated large mallet
15D	Facile, off limits pics
16D	Digital writers using pen element
18D	Meek sort on about Spring dinner item
19D	Struggle through crossings ahead
22D	Tense fellow, head of union, true eccentric
23D	Like Cinderella’s popular jazzy pieces
24D	See 13 Across
25D	Southern – what’s more, smooth
27D	See 8

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