This crossword No. 17508 clues and answers were published on Wed 17 Jun 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17508 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Face-to-face with : UPAGAINST
8-across – Fourth planet from the sun : MARS
9-across – Dug up : UNEARTHED
10-across – <span>Painter,</span><i>Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening</i> : DALI
13-across – Ovine constellation : ARIES
15-across – Opening period : LEADIN
16-across – Cease’s counterpart : DESIST
17-across – Figure ___ : SKATER
19-across – Old-fashioned term meaning to find a radio or TV broadcast : TUNEIN
20-across – Hindu queen also spelled with an ‘i’ : RANEE
21-across – Bird – bar – banter : RAIL
24-across – Pertaining to buccaneers : PIRATICAL
25-across – <i>Lion King</i><span> baddie – injury reminder</span> : SCAR
26-across – Pollinate,perhaps : FERTILISE
All Down Clues and Answers:
2-down – Glazier’s unit : PANE
3-down – Tennis’s Steffi : GRAF
4-down – One after another : INTURN
5-down – ___ prunes – inebriated : STEWED
6-down – Organisms living on or in others : PARASITES
7-down – This person is here to help : ASSISTANT
11-down – Losers’ hub : BLUSHROSE
12-down – There’s a Good one in the bible : SAMARITAN
13-down – Qualified first-___ : AIDER
14-down – Transition from one piece of music to another : SEGUE
18-down – Steep-sided valley : RAVINE
19-down – Rent-payer : TENANT
22-down – Pickling herb : DILL
23-down – <i>The Lovely ___ o’ Inverness</i><span> : LASS
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.