The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Aug 17

• Absolute chaos, upset jewellery - piecing it all together? (10) Crossword Clue
• An odd owl disturbed some trees (8) Crossword Clue
• Be taken the wrong way during rendezvous, creating arguments (7) Crossword Clue
• Central pub evacuated earlier (5) Crossword Clue
• Commanding Officer had info about who's hunting whom? (4,5) Crossword Clue
• Constructed crowns of bronze using intricate latticework techniques (5) Crossword Clue
• Desert old boy, captured by US soldier (4) Crossword Clue
• Devout priest, German, in South American city with us (9) Crossword Clue
• Floppy elephant with no stuffing for clingy type (6) Crossword Clue
• Flow of vapour engulfing opening of railway (6) Crossword Clue
• Forgetfulness leads to open bolts - then four being eaten by wild cat (8) Crossword Clue
• Greek character with very loud furry garment (4) Crossword Clue
• Harsh fightback (3) Crossword Clue
• Inadvertently Rickrolled - but only part of the words! (5) Crossword Clue
• In France a supermarket sacking head to become international organisation (6) Crossword Clue
• Mexican snack stack - hot, without any wrappers (4) Crossword Clue
• Naturally produced grain ruined through company backtracking (7) Crossword Clue
• Not the first to risk travel at a leisurely pace (5) Crossword Clue
• Old nip of rum I drink too, without finishing first shots (9) Crossword Clue
• Our copter's flying around island territory (6,4) Crossword Clue
• Part in test regarding the way planets travel (7) Crossword Clue
• Pitman's system finally starts to introduce new, easy recording (5) Crossword Clue
• Place, place and, finally, place (4) Crossword Clue
• Rocks falling and getting into dell is ruinous (9) Crossword Clue
• Safe 'n' sound? Two extinct every second! (3-5) Crossword Clue
• Scourge of old? (5) Crossword Clue
• Sister Edna eloped, heading north, carrying flowering plant (8) Crossword Clue
• Snow leopard jumps without limits (5) Crossword Clue
• Space put by, but oddly nothing inside (5) Crossword Clue
• Still one imagined terrifying creature from the Himalayas (4) Crossword Clue
• Tax bill came at last - virtually cleared out (4) Crossword Clue
• Turned and ran away, clutching Zippo but dropping case (7) Crossword Clue
• Welsh city's non-governmental organisation gathered by bar (6) Crossword Clue