The Guardian Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Oct 26

• Brush off insult by female (7) Crossword Clue
• 'Contains nuts' ban (8) Crossword Clue
• Criminal proposal to squeeze rear (8) Crossword Clue
• Digital writers using pen element (5) Crossword Clue
• Director got into line beside one (7) Crossword Clue
• Donated large mallet (5) Crossword Clue
• Exhibition dancing, etc in fancy places (9) Crossword Clue
• Facile, off limits pics (10) Crossword Clue
• Fail to spot American old lady (6) Crossword Clue
• Fight to see star's bottom in dirty film (5) Crossword Clue
• Fine bannister in a decrepit state (5) Crossword Clue
• Frank, Barney's suitor (9) Crossword Clue
• Fruit, one applied to painful growth (5) Crossword Clue
• Heroics - pistol turned on fleeing diamonds ring (7-2) Crossword Clue
• In brief, I think it might help the police (1-3) Crossword Clue
• Increasing the wealth of Bezos and Musk, say, in field of medicine (10) Crossword Clue
• It restricts one who's prone to crush male sex (7) Crossword Clue
• Kay playing tricks - a time to get going again (4-5) Crossword Clue
• Like Cinderella's popular jazzy pieces (2,4) Crossword Clue
• Meek sort on about Spring dinner item (4,4) Crossword Clue
• On removal of a rum levy one gets a good, fair price (5,3,5) Crossword Clue
• Rare occurrence of adult at low end of chain (4,4) Crossword Clue
• Rear end removed from game meat (6) Crossword Clue
• Row of drums overturned (4) Crossword Clue
• See 13 Across Crossword Clue
• See 17 Crossword Clue
• See 8 Crossword Clue
• Southern - what's more, smooth (4) Crossword Clue
• Struggle through crossings ahead (8) Crossword Clue
• Tense fellow, head of union, true eccentric (6) Crossword Clue
• Times: 'Politician wearing wrong tie!' (5) Crossword Clue
• Warlike ruler needs good English, not Latin, to move a thousand Chinese people (7,4) Crossword Clue