The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 May 07

• Always, come rain or shine, tongue in cheek? (8) Crossword Clue
• Authentic beach huts oddly disappearing (4) Crossword Clue
• Brief question for bachelor in automobile (5) Crossword Clue
• Bring this novel for Leo, perhaps (5,4) Crossword Clue
• Buys barrier to stop litter droppers (8) Crossword Clue
• Chasing game, regularly dispatching zebras and big cats (6) Crossword Clue
• Delicate international agent put on weight (5) Crossword Clue
• Earliest of begonias continued blooming (7) Crossword Clue
• Edges of empire sacked by Egypt's last queen (9) Crossword Clue
• Einstein retrospectively taking legal action over equation's origin (6) Crossword Clue
• Exciting yet gloomy study of roots (9) Crossword Clue
• False promise goads nurses (8) Crossword Clue
• Familiar with your sib's butt trouble (7) Crossword Clue
• Fossil fuel left dons suffering agonies (8) Crossword Clue
• Free money for Americans, with short notice (8) Crossword Clue
• Goes off round centre of Damascus and swelters (6) Crossword Clue
• In bits, heads to America (see below) (7) Crossword Clue
• Lacking vigour in harem is shameful (6) Crossword Clue
• Loose gravel's slippery stuff (7) Crossword Clue
• Lustrous, wingless bug (6,2) Crossword Clue
• Oblique signal in setter's work (9) Crossword Clue
• Offer and appraisal both turned out to be unwritten (4) Crossword Clue
• Parched after cycling in area south of Suez (3,3) Crossword Clue
• Reportedly failing, fell (5) Crossword Clue
• Roger backing strike for change in Russia (6) Crossword Clue
• See you doffing cap a lot (6) Crossword Clue
• Some thoughts on Gabonese Bantu language (6) Crossword Clue
• Told ally to lose three pounds before tomorrow (5) Crossword Clue