The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Apr 22

• Afghan governor hides suffering in the morning? (8) Crossword Clue
• Bananas perhaps too often what's misplaced by grocers? (10) Crossword Clue
• Be careful with cat that's gone wild (5,2) Crossword Clue
• Carnage regularly follows elderly American - and it returns repeatedly (9) Crossword Clue
• Crete: nice, surprisingly - that's not saying much (9) Crossword Clue
• Dead, for example, like this old artist (5) Crossword Clue
• Dull count showing some capacity for thinking (4,6) Crossword Clue
• Engineer restores path; it's very high above us (12) Crossword Clue
• Final word, effective and quite open (8) Crossword Clue
• Game played mostly by those out of their depth (5,4) Crossword Clue
• Hunts persistently? (7) Crossword Clue
• Inject vitamins into skin that's loose (6) Crossword Clue
• It's more obvious having race later is nonsense (10) Crossword Clue
• Keep in touch, having stabled horse (5) Crossword Clue
• Literary set gets flowers put in the ground (10) Crossword Clue
• Name of female acquired on re-marriage? (7) Crossword Clue
• Open fire! (6) Crossword Clue
• Published party minute - that's irregular (6) Crossword Clue
• Pure quality of German city church (7) Crossword Clue
• Scores left during games (8) Crossword Clue
• Stand-in accepts credit for clean-up (5) Crossword Clue
• Starts to trudge around coffee outlet providing food (4) Crossword Clue
• Stitched up in every direction (4) Crossword Clue
• Time-poor French author misinterpreted as nostalgic? (6,6) Crossword Clue
• Top guy provides upset pal with meat and drink (5,4) Crossword Clue
• Treatment centre hosted by Pamela Anderson (1,3,1) Crossword Clue
• Vicar delving into religious sins of the past (8) Crossword Clue
• Violent gangster endlessly engages in evil? It's almost guaranteed (4-2) Crossword Clue
• Where religious crowd congregate to see villain beheaded (4) Crossword Clue
• Wolf down sandwich with duck filling (4) Crossword Clue