Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - August 7, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 7, 2026
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Across
1.Advantage of computerised identikit picture when pursuing crook virtually7 letters5.Spotted predator – shark is caught7 letters9.Young male nurse is loaded5 letters10.Tea, cream – not full fat – oddly it’s a Cambodian delicacy9 letters11.Call Musk with Washington opening that ought to bear fruit10 letters12.Two Americans holding back on driving range3 letters14.Pop singer’s ill – lie about swallowing pill in trashed Ibis hotel12 letters18.TV star barking cruelly at crew (6.6)12 letters21.Bow and scrape while retreating to some extent3 letters22.Hunk needing reason to start op-ed?10 letters25.Corrupt state maybe does if cutting back9 letters26.Initially in sonatas, Liszt enjoyed this minor key5 letters27.Expensive – taking 150 Euros, say7 letters28.In bed, weary, drinking wine – quite the opposite7 letters
Down
1.On vacation Bradley Walsh ultimately ignored resort’s in-house rules?6 letters2.Finally – given you identified graffiti artist – Banksy’s in exposed state6 letters3.In France and in Germany, shaver sounded 1 across?10 letters4.Tax article without it5 letters5.My friend entertains men with essentially new material9 letters6.Ages in prison’s manure shed4 letters7.A film star cycles and waves8 letters8.Pine nut’s beginning to be problem8 letters13.School paid to spin results in mock10 letters15.Conducted lessons in English, with students covering tenses – one might appear with a smile9 letters16.Leaves power drills on the counter, securely fastened8 letters17.Sedative not applicable on piercing in the middle of the ear8 letters19.Stock of wine merchant delivered6 letters20.Gossipy magazine journalist is excited6 letters23.Lowest point of brain drain with regular emigration climbing5 letters24.Excellent, for example, to be Morocco-bound4 letters
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