The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 8 2026 Answers (10/8/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 8, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword October 8, 2026 Answers

If you need help solving The Guardian Cryptic Crossword on 10/8/26, we’ve listed all of the crossword clues below so you can find the answer(s) you need. You can search for the clue and then select the appropriate clue to get the answer. We have done it this way so that if you’re just looking for a handful of clues, you won’t spoil other ones you’re working on!

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« October 7 2026 Answers

#	Clue
8A	What minister is encircled by?
9A	See 8
10A	Eastern poet, Eastern poem
12A	Electrical current goes through it – mother somehow protects me
13A	Thus wife appears to be greedy female?
14A	Slats of wood – they may be found at fronts of bars
16A	On ice Rex tumbles on account of a certain gland
17A	Spooner’s bathroom parts in wayside booth
20A	Female band playing to entertain priest
23A	Small bottle pouring out French wine shows type of decoration
24A	Lustrous metal in express
26A	Request leader to back popular music
27A	Last bit of the sticky stuff holding canvas together in protective layer
28A	Remove support outside London’s business quarter
31A	Foremost of singers, Bonnie? One establishing a fashion …
32A	… a cut above? (3-5)
1D	Nonsense about chum that’s set up trick
2D	See 1
3D	A favourable outcome with US about to withdraw, making admission?
4D	Everyone was in debt? Not against the rules
5D	School with English communications platform set up for chat
6D	One dealing with the unknowns?
7D	A French author breaking record, shut inside Liverpool club?
11D	Plant a firm built up
14D	Bob and Bill in enclosed space
15D	A lecturer facing men in very old university, cunning in a heroic manner
18D	Meal isn’t bad for providing nutrients
19D	Our waste recycled ‘goes on beyond’ in material terms?
21D	Little woman host puts right off
22D	One who has made legal provision needs time to look over property
24D	Leader of expeditionary soldiers heading north in Mexican garb
25D	President that is entertaining king
29D	Old computer in store – something that can be switched on and off
30D	See 29