Puzzler Cryptic puzzle clues 2026 Aug 22

• Awful gnats causing worry! (5) Crossword Clue
• Canoes unstable in these waters? (6) Crossword Clue
• Charming quality is a charm, perhaps (8) Crossword Clue
• Dawn departure is unauthorised absence (6,5) Crossword Clue
• Difficult problem for second rascal (7) Crossword Clue
• Face to face with travel documents, one and three-quarters? (3-1-3) Crossword Clue
• Find agreeable, being similar (4) Crossword Clue
• Fruit with rotten pair on bed (7) Crossword Clue
• Hatred of metal, not sulphur (5) Crossword Clue
• Head of Asian food (6) Crossword Clue
• Lucerne put out about a blue pigment (8) Crossword Clue
• Mel's damaged trees (4) Crossword Clue
• Mix up rest including four metal pins (6) Crossword Clue
• Opening at front of gangway to put cargo on (5) Crossword Clue
• Pet handler's got me worried (6,7) Crossword Clue
• Reinforced interpretation of our dream (8) Crossword Clue
• Reportedly be a critic for light entertainment (5) Crossword Clue
• Roast meat with a good person (7) Crossword Clue
• Sent out to encourage savings (4,3) Crossword Clue
• Some fantastic vino (4) Crossword Clue
• Sound of the mouth or of the ear (5) Crossword Clue
• Surround eastern and northern ring (8) Crossword Clue
• Transporting dram with stirred gin (6) Crossword Clue
• Twisted scar forms a curve (4) Crossword Clue
• Withstands stress I suffered (7) Crossword Clue
• Work out only five inside (5) Crossword Clue