The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Feb 23

• Amateurish PC met with destruction - it has no application, practically (4,11) Crossword Clue
• Arthur dramatically married (no better afterwards) (6) Crossword Clue
• Being a student, inclined to cover only one essential school subject? (8) Crossword Clue
• CERN icy - go mad: "It's concerning what extreme cold can do!"' (9) Crossword Clue
• Civil trade refutes plc (10) Crossword Clue
• Day in Oxford, say, by car - and Slough - showing no sign of wear (12) Crossword Clue
• Don't open one's gin - and not a word! (4,4,4,4) Crossword Clue
• Entry of 'female' in dictionary rejected by eastern writer (5) Crossword Clue
• Fibre fair loosened a fellow inside (6) Crossword Clue
• Finish off beer with beet and fish (8) Crossword Clue
• Firmness shown by figure, one connected to Kyiv, say (8) Crossword Clue
• How you should enter this top grade bridge (6) Crossword Clue
• It can stand the heat like old footballer of Spurs initially (8) Crossword Clue
• Marshal, atishoo's just under way - bless me, silly! (8) Crossword Clue
• One who delivers wine and drugs by continental sea (8) Crossword Clue
• Purloin a work of art (8) Crossword Clue
• Rye: mad to introduce the drink cure! (6) Crossword Clue
• Say aloud 'move somewhere else' to the audience (6) Crossword Clue
• See 2 Crossword Clue
• See 2 Down Crossword Clue
• Singers lacking top C - God! (5) Crossword Clue
• Time up: helper needs to change emperor's habit (3,6) Crossword Clue
• Trust a sailor to provide a basis for making advances to you! (6,6) Crossword Clue
• 'Twelfth Night character heading off North with article' - making of an opera? (8) Crossword Clue
• Where travellers have a choice of old British soap? (10) Crossword Clue
• Who might describe figures as 'bad streak' (6) Crossword Clue