The Guardian Quick puzzle clues 2026 Aug 03

• Brass, boy or big? (4) Crossword Clue
• Cartoon punchline / label (7) Crossword Clue
• Focus (13) Crossword Clue
• Fumbled shot (6) Crossword Clue
• Futility (13) Crossword Clue
• Gallagher or Coward? (4) Crossword Clue
• Haydn's The Creation, say (8) Crossword Clue
• Lacking compassion (8) Crossword Clue
• Majestic (5) Crossword Clue
• Metal fastening (5) Crossword Clue
• Most nerve-racking (7) Crossword Clue
• Natural fabric prone to creasing (5) Crossword Clue
• Peak pudding? (8) Crossword Clue
• Raised deck at the front of a ship - clearest of (anag) (10) Crossword Clue
• Specialist team (5) Crossword Clue
• Starving (8) Crossword Clue
• Tell a story (7) Crossword Clue
• The ___ of Malfi, John Webster play (7) Crossword Clue
• Trivial matter (6) Crossword Clue
• UK parliament's emblem (10) Crossword Clue
• Working-class, local or folk? (4) Crossword Clue
• Work of art (4) Crossword Clue