Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Latest Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers, Clues & Hints — August 14, 2026
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Puzzle date
August 14, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Senses uncivil rioting – the participation of everybody?13 letters10.Exclamation of success after recalling devil woman?7 letters11.Tramp beside Cambridge river taking in one feature of arboreal growth7 letters12.Mean for one to return rubbish5 letters13.Woman’s concealing a way with detectives and juice9 letters14.Light bit of rest in hospital bed rejected5 letters16.Fascist movement? Sees to changes among Republicans9 letters18.Mean types ruined online transactions9 letters19.Book launch finally having a lot of similar military material5 letters20.Relieved apprehension in various readers about The Guardians volte-face9 letters23.Where many maps show Alaska and Hawaii? This month around Spain5 letters24.Note excellent view, largely ingenuous7 letters25.Offensive is torpedoing rotating satellite close to home7 letters26.Maine – Eastern and petite, possibly13 letters
Down
2.North American cheers most of experiment involving old swimming pools9 letters3.Composer’s inclination for radio broadcast?5 letters4.Hidden material – timber under stone5 letters5.Malevolent, grabbing a lot of power at second hand9 letters6.Mention Australian mechanics – something audacious about that9 letters7.Travelled in winter, perhaps raised aloft5 letters8.Adventurous types in middle of Hawkins – broadcast of Stranger Things two-thirds complete13 letters9.The writer’s supporting Minister (mostly) about relationship and scandalous behaviours13 letters15.Source of heavy band equipment on charter in southern county9 letters16.Something that makes classes rushed? Not entirely9 letters17.Coaches? Coaches left after I disembarked9 letters21.Excuse a sexual impulse, but not act5 letters22.Italian writer not ultimately hosted by another European5 letters23.One heartless sod is stupid5 letters
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