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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword 17 August 2021 Answers

Please find below all the The Guardian Cryptic Crossword 17 August 2021 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (17 August 2021) has a total of 28 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

They shared troughs, perhaps (7,6)
Army personnel will feed them (9)
Correctly positioned on motor­way when lorry at the front pulled out — ridiculous! (5)
Lets out cry: 'Don't move a muscle!' (5)
Accepting work, easily filled a basket (5,4)
A challenge keeping close to Jennifer and Dawn (7)
Round back of house, see mostly older type of plant (7)
Crosses town to get suit, changing direction once (7)
Seat about six inside trailer (7)
Naughty boy — story about Tom maybe giving finger (9)
Lowry's first painting lacking substance? What about Turner? (5)
Henry has two islands and part of another (5)
What will Jack do? That bloke's going to cause trouble! (5,4)
Historical victim of prejudice, right? Lady suffered terribly (6,7)
Shabby Italian rider's content to go up bridle path (6,3)
Range of paintings defaced (5)
Attentive husband occasionally found out — slippery character to catch! (7)
Entertaining woman in stock­ings — time to get extremely suspicious (7)
Sun's nice and relaxing — but could this presage a change? (4,5)
Not a reason to give up — an inspiration (5)
When running helps at a fight (4,4,5)
Train fare? (5-2-6)
One confirming truth about Scotland's number one poet (9)
Auctioneer carelessly spilling sweetheart's drink (9)
Showing signs of damage in chicken run (7)
Totally clean? Not you, no way, Mr Johnson (7)
Small bottle, as originally described by Collins? (5)
Wind-up? Why to be wary (5)

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Facts and Figures

  • There are a total of 28 clues in the 17 August 2021 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
  • The shortest answer is LEERY which contains 5 Characters.
  • Wind-up? Why to be wary (5) is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
  • The longest answer is DRAUGHTHORSES which contains 13 Characters.
  • They shared troughs, perhaps (7,6) is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
  • The unused letters in 17 August 2021 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle are B,J,K,Q,X,Z