This crossword No. 17509 clues and answers were published on Thu 18 Jun 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Quick Crossword No. 17509 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – Charitable : PHILANTHROPIC
8-across – Cause of obsessive anxiety : BUGBEAR
9-across – Yo-Yo Ma’s instrument : CELLO
10-across – Boasted – aircraft personnel : CREW
11-across – Den casts : DESCANTS
13-across – Tyrant : DESPOT
14-across – Computer key deployed after an error : DELETE
17-across – Galore : INSPADES
19-across – Wafer – emcee : HOST
21-across – Swimming stroke – teem : CRAWL
22-across – Whoppers : PORKIES
24-across – Pecuniary allowance : SPENDINGMONEY
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Alehouse : PUB
2-down – Entrance : INGRESS
3-down – Dark,Stone and Middle? : AGES
4-down – Gobbling – and gobbled – bird : TURKEY
5-down – Rebound from a surface : RICOCHET
6-down – Tower-like structure supporting cables : PYLON
7-down – Boat’s lookout location : CROWSNEST
10-down – 15th- or 16th-century accompaniments to breeches : CODPIECES
12-down – Styled thus : SOCALLED
15-down – David Cameron or James Bond,say : ETONIAN
16-down – ___ bowling : TENPIN
18-down – Prince Harry’s autobiography – term in 16d : SPARE
20-down – ___ and proper : PRIM
23-down – It’s up there! : SKY
This crossword has in total 26 where 12 are across and 14 are down.