The Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Aug 22

• Always eco-friendly and never unpopular (9) Crossword Clue
• Band sets ashore, losing some characters (4) Crossword Clue
• Big meal that's part of Zoroastrianism (5) Crossword Clue
• Correct: movement of the sea is ebbing (4) Crossword Clue
• Eastern European involved in antislavery (4) Crossword Clue
• Finishes, as pimples coming up (5) Crossword Clue
• Intervened unwisely and created once again (10) Crossword Clue
• Measure of automotive gasoline somewhere in America (5) Crossword Clue
• Observe Duke with yen to be disreputable (5) Crossword Clue
• Poker payment from Italian smoker on the counter (4) Crossword Clue
• Revolutionary to slaughter Grand National winner (3,3) Crossword Clue
• Right, is energy to increase in price? (4) Crossword Clue
• Silent, with malfunctioning musical instrument (3,7) Crossword Clue
• Skinflint emirs, after your change (5) Crossword Clue
• 'Untruth? Good!' (English Lord) (5) Crossword Clue
• Use this for hacking, chesty spasms (6) Crossword Clue
• What's poisonous if eaten? Amphibians, idiot! (9) Crossword Clue
• Where badger's hiding in Massachusetts (4) Crossword Clue