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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword 31 August 2021 Answers

Please find below all the The Guardian Cryptic Crossword 31 August 2021 Answers. This is one of the most popular crossword puzzles available for both online and in print version. Today's puzzle (31 August 2021) has a total of 33 crossword clues. If you are stuck and are looking for help then you have come to the right place.

Mature medic returned for last in series (5)

Eagle seen in sky holding, for instance, one flower (9)

Art patron beset by defeats in final trials (4,5)

Part of speech in dialect, old language (5)

Expert in fix, under threat (7)

Bit of Greek text about a number of Brazilians (7)

Name held by tragic hero — it ends with delta (5)

Extra piece the author put in letter, section of second letter or third (3)

Recluse's side-splitting joke (5)

Kind of school mark covering reading and writing, perhaps (7)

Core point rejected in half of Greece (7)

Timeless part of flower as symbol of summer? (5)

A couple of characters put over edge about orator's tirade (9)

Draw representation of Athens in strange hue (9)

An annoying summer visitor's back in minimalist garment (5)

Grave situation as doc sees it (4)

Investigated and turned up modern colour, then old (4,4)

Tense, as is pupil in audition (4)

Didn't accept immature setter, say, since second editor intervenes (6,2)

Having cut off tails, has to dispose of shellfish (6)

Eg Ajax and Achilles, initially? (5,5)

Point in old article showing hidden motivation? (6)

Exhaust on one vehicle (4)

Lassie named in second paper or in short periodical (5)

As specially ordered, make scarce culinary treats (5,5)

Say OK — conclusion drawn from one such as Plato (5)

The speaker arranged time before last in series is listed (8)

Awful ninnies holding power — they fall dramatically (8)

Old merchant ship making ancient city before day's end (6)

As expressed in Greek, unlimited fame (6)

Source of shots being set up in part of pub (4)

Turn up first part of encyclopaedia, perhaps — it's very small (4)

Letter containing a kind of tea (4)

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Facts and Figures

• There are a total of 33 clues in the 31 August 2021 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle.
• The shortest answer is PSI which contains 3 Characters.
• Extra piece the author put in letter, section of second letter or third (3) is the crossword clue of the shortest answer.
• The longest answer is ALPHAMALES which contains 10 Characters.
• Eg Ajax and Achilles, initially? (5,5) is the crossword clue of the longest answer.
• The unused letters in 31 August 2021 The Guardian Cryptic Crossword puzzle are F,J,V