Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - November 5, 2026
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Puzzle date
November 5, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
9.As usual, United bags, say, silver9 letters10.Last of nomadic deer to be hit5 letters11.It’s fun for kids to throw salad dressing over chef7 letters12.First of drivers in car follows river valley7 letters13.Army, it so happens, trapped in retreat4 letters14.Self-discipline, over time, displayed innocence10 letters15.Literary 7 is excellent – a new Dickens7 letters17.At each turn, the French get something to climb in 77 letters19.Olive 7, for example, reversed position – she meant ‘working out’10 letters22.See 154 letters23.Exposed rock group’s work around criminal court7 letters24.Revolutionary repertoire E.H. Carr described in parting comment7 letters26.What’s woven by transatlantic municipal alliance?5 letters27.Soldiers close to revolt after government communiqué9 letters
Down
1.Political capital derived from honourable record and motive15 letters2.Great speed’s operating procedure for display of manliness8 letters3.What’s found in the 7, alive and kicking?4 letters4.5 signal to give up on brief conversation8 letters5.Curtailed leak of what shouldn’t be leaked6 letters6.Glass is rather overwhelmed by church? Just the opposite8 letters7.See 11 Across6 letters8.What the liquorice-loving magpie does? There’s no accounting for taste15 letters16.The losers, what’s more, managed to take last of medals8 letters17.Universal fixes one-to-one in tracking shots8 letters18.See 11 Across8 letters20.Talk let down by rubbish introduction6 letters21.Listless shock is hard6 letters25.7 put paid to by Suez?4 letters
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