Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - September 15, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 15, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Make-up artist follows old ladies around7 letters5.Sabbath remix is a car crash7 letters9.Abrupt South American soprano returns to deliver slight5 letters10.Old cricket commentator tucked into red dessert9 letters11.Incident with United supporter at the end of the day10 letters12.Louis XIV maybe taking time to make bread4 letters14.Sinner’s racket string ultimately broken by 19 – sweet!11 letters18.Darkness is hell for plants11 letters21.What about promotion, boss?4 letters22.Band of brothers released Samson easily10 letters25.Detectives match arsenic cases in definitive trials9 letters26.Where unhappy couples may go right away to lift spirits5 letters27.Rope in some to jam Grease7 letters28.Papers over attempt to get hold of Murray’s second serve7 letters
Down
1.Rampant Royal Engineers team at last winning first title6 letters2.Ancient Greek coin originally stolen by Duke of York?6 letters3.Poor Matt Damon to finally sell shares10 letters4.King invested with a chap occasionally for capital5 letters5.Fashion doll’s cape with a fancy border9 letters6.Clever canine escaping from lead4 letters7.Case of taboo-breaking erotic photograph in theBig Issue8 letters8.Heather goes outside and strips8 letters13.Drunk dad smokes without resistance in the bookies10 letters15.Southpaw essentially boxed with 19, getting knocked over and knocked out9 letters16.Harry Hill with rant under some powerful influence8 letters17.American relative drowning valley of cultivated land8 letters19.Kitty cheers up content from YouTuber6 letters20.Climb the top of Appalachian Trail6 letters23.Relaxed dressmaker oddly flips5 letters24.Piece from Norman Tebbit upset smoker4 letters
About this crossword
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Are these answers for September 15, 2026?
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