The Guardian Quick Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Oct 03

• Adjustment to interim bus stops? (7) Crossword Clue
• Big occasion in the Seventies (5) Crossword Clue
• Cared about Lebanese tree (5) Crossword Clue
• Catch ten at sea (3) Crossword Clue
• Christmas figure's first appearances in stores after November tenth? Absolutely (5) Crossword Clue
• Colour, extensive, but not grand (3) Crossword Clue
• Concede - acknowledge defeat - maybe it's tragic at the outset (5) Crossword Clue
• Condescend to plan avoiding South (5) Crossword Clue
• Decline to ignore King and pass on (7) Crossword Clue
• Frozen water: Arctic evidently contains it (3) Crossword Clue
• Funny act - performer in Lloyd-Webber musical? (3) Crossword Clue
• Ghost? People have always noticed this odd manifestation from earliest points (7) Crossword Clue
• Heavily defeated? Sounded terrified, abandoning son (7) Crossword Clue
• Initially cold and nasty vessel (3) Crossword Clue
• Leader in table to finish, having displaced second (3) Crossword Clue
• Locum openings for some trainee and new doctors in Norfolk (5-2) Crossword Clue
• Moral system regarding race not new (5) Crossword Clue
• Mountain observed in severe storm (7) Crossword Clue
• Ragtime dancing? Go elsewhere (7) Crossword Clue
• Small child heads for the other table (3) Crossword Clue
• Stop contributing to sudden downturn (3) Crossword Clue
• Stranger carrying compass (5) Crossword Clue
• Unbranded contribution from Eugene Richards (7) Crossword Clue
• Wipe lance after splintering (5) Crossword Clue