The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Oct 12

• Bends over painfully having strong drink on top of another (7,2) Crossword Clue
• Cause of ludicrous honey wars (6,3) Crossword Clue
• Chose the final three classic test finishes (5) Crossword Clue
• Classes by extremely lugubrious commanders (8) Crossword Clue
• Collapsed having experienced reversal (4,5) Crossword Clue
• Creature with limb trouble and unwell inside (9) Crossword Clue
• Criminal reining in caper scamming royal family member? (8,6) Crossword Clue
• Different offspring almost certain to succeed (4,2) Crossword Clue
• Drug no good when engaging in battle (8) Crossword Clue
• England has Ireland in a spin; how weird (5) Crossword Clue
• French name given to commercial traveller (5) Crossword Clue
• Girl entering fresh pasture finds ancient burial site (9) Crossword Clue
• Legal gag slapped on endlessly glib woman (5) Crossword Clue
• Marine features covered in this lesson (5) Crossword Clue
• Mmmmm … sporting achievement that was hard to surpass (4-6,4) Crossword Clue
• Oddly, equal pay was enshrined in these regulations (2,4) Crossword Clue
• Patsy's date of birth? (9) Crossword Clue
• Poet depicted in a university study (5) Crossword Clue
• Puzzling message insignias regularly reveal (4) Crossword Clue
• River pilots brief crew from the centre (5) Crossword Clue
• Rogue sees attorney rolling in it … (2,4,6) Crossword Clue
• Show up abruptly at trade shows (5) Crossword Clue
• Surreptitiously deleting note would not be cricket? Actually it would (2,6) Crossword Clue
• Suspect key servant of being a mass killer (2,5-5) Crossword Clue
• US writer in hospital after breakdown following split (4) Crossword Clue
• Variable pay packet leads to such desires (9) Crossword Clue
• Voiced concern after order is dismissed (5,3) Crossword Clue
• … we see her gallivanting around Lima and other places (9) Crossword Clue