Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - September 21, 2026
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Puzzle date
September 21, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Dad with banal idea that’s got from the cinema7 letters5.Obstruction is at flipping server7 letters9.Stone memorial perhaps for terrier5 letters10.Excuse me asking, but why wasn’t that a penalty?9 letters11.Meal I dropped, having borne fruit10 letters12.One seabird; others returning4 letters14.Basic supplies for Cook?11 letters18.Recent period of foul pestilence? Nothing in it11 letters21.Love something from Stone Roses4 letters22.For scrubbing, bring house soap10 letters25.Hurry up and tell me what to do with what tastes rotten9 letters26.This marine is deeply blue5 letters27.Light period of work, generally7 letters28.Gunners succeeded breaking into scene of conflict, then left7 letters
Down
1.Calm, quick to accept condition6 letters2.Sent down here it’s cooler6 letters3.Car may often be parked at this10 letters4.In an emergency, call three of these5 letters5.Commission bankrupt, be very angry9 letters6.Right to the back in simple boat4 letters7.Breaking skis, rant in old language8 letters8.After end of prayer, fit and cooperative8 letters13.Be told by word of mouth a fight is somewhere close10 letters15.Not broken but not all healthy9 letters16.Calmed down as program got less awkward8 letters17.Viciousness of erotic manoeuvring in family on vacation8 letters19.Mongrel regularly found meat6 letters20.In attack spades smashed into a part of windmill6 letters23.Informally must leave dry area5 letters24.One can’t fly; vital to go to be picked up4 letters
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