Today's The Guardian Quick Cryptic Puzzle Crossword Clues & Answers

Clues & Answers For The Guardian Quick Cryptic

(April 4, 2026)

ACROSS

• 1. Maiden, kind mother, name father of the illegitimate? (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. Pan across faces of winning Olympic karatekas (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 7. Workers in southern Welsh river (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 8. Bear taking heads off tourists exploring Denver - dopey yokels! (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 9. Persuaded fish to eat chop (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 10. Starts to recover, eating Saturday's takeaway leftovers (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 13. Idle amateur gains zero (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 15. Peer at dancing parrot (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 18. Veto Japanese over instrument (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 19. Contaminated organ produces gas (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 20. Shaft leaders of Reddit and Yahoo (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 21. Blue jerk lives in the sea (7) - Crossword Clue
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DOWN

• 1. US claim works such as Les Mis (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 2. A mall let loose animal (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 3. Resentful male, one very loud journalist (6) - Crossword Clue
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• 4. Observe Occupational Therapist in northeast (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 5. West side golf club (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 6. Important European in Kentucky (3) - Crossword Clue
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• 11. Enormous cast act in it (7) - Crossword Clue
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• 12. Characters first appearing in Deadpool elicit jumpiness and very unnerving feeling it's happened before? (4,2) - Crossword Clue
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• 14. Beginners in Zumba inevitably notice growing youthful and full of vitality (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 16. The GI organised rowing team? (5) - Crossword Clue
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• 17. Drink a sod drunk (4) - Crossword Clue
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• 18. British Rail incorporating a saloon? (3) - Crossword Clue
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