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The Guardian Cryptic Answers

Friday, 26th August 2022
There are 16 across clues and 14 down clues for the The Guardian Cryptic crossword on Friday, 26th August 2022. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number# Clue Answer
AAcross 1: Receipt: reduced margin on itSALESSLIP
AAcross 6: See 11
AAcross 8: Basic skill with money in 10?
AAcross 9: Concealed behind books
AAcross 10: Play well, trapping Middlesex's opener before tea, say
AAcross 11: Grinding of her teeth prefaces 10's moral taleTHETHREE
AAcross 12: Artist with prize for Turner?
AAcross 15: One of seven, for example, grabbing a stool
AAcross 16: Official drop before mum cuts great deal
AAcross 19: Rhythmic performer, one preparing for Christmas broadcast?
AAcross 21: Moody leader in Claudius in 10?
AAcross 22: See 11
AAcross 24: African country, accordingly at the forefront
AAcross 25: See 3
AAcross 26: Chance of doing deal slim, initially
AAcross 27: Warmer, one tucking into narrow fissure?
DDown 1: Bath taken in Vaasa, unashamedly?
DDown 2: Wall I'd built in which hole found, struck down
DDown 3: Romantic words with love hearts, say, inspiring love
DDown 4: Small amount of drink mopped up by a tissue, falsely? That's an understatement
DDown 5: Alkaline solution in something covered with glue - resin
DDown 6: Vessel, one that suddenly goes up and down?
DDown 7: Drink alcoholic beverage, 23 brewed with care, ultimately
DDown 13: Black suspension in stirred cauldron, eye reportedly dropped in?
DDown 14: Group embracing first of evangelists, cardinal left
DDown 17: Service, first of all, wayward: miles away in defeat
DDown 18: Stews: a tiny bit of gristle stuck in teeth
DDown 20: Country's defender, 3 smothered in a bit of butter
DDown 22: Burning gas able to move easily
DDown 23: Drink for a sovereign served up