This crossword No. 790 clues and answers were published on Sat 28 Feb 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 790 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – See 19 Down : BURNHAM
5-across – Iraqi city on the banks of the Tigris : MOSUL
8-across – __ board,also known as a spirit board : OUIJA
9-across – London suburb where Raymond Chandler and Nigel Farage went to school : DULWICH
10-across – Waterway linking Ellesmere Port and Salford Quays : MANCHESTER
11-across – Abbreviation for ‘God willing’ in Latin : DV
13-across – Spurge genus often used as an indoor plant : CROTON
14-across – Antelope endemic to southern Africa : LECHWE
16-across – The ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter : PI
17-across – Centre-right Irish political party : FIANNAFAIL
20-across – Card game for two or more players similar to rummy : CANASTA
21-across – See 10 : CANAL
22-across – Moshe __,Israeli defence minister during the 1967 six-day war : DAYAN
23-across – Sir Ben __,sailor : AINSLIE
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – Leopold and Molly __,protagonists in Ulysses : BLOOM
2-down – Queen in Welsh mythology : RHIANNON
3-down – W __,illustrator known for his drawings of unlikely contraptions : HEATHROBINSON
4-down – Mythical woman with snakes in her hair? : MEDUSA
5-down – The __,noir thriller by Dashiell Hammett : MALTESEFALCON
6-down – See 10 Across : SHIP
7-down – French port on the Seine estuary : LEHAVRE
12-down – Fragments of exploded ordnance : SHRAPNEL
13-down – Peninsula making up much of Massachusetts : CAPECOD
15-down – The Turkish capital : ANKARA
18-down – French city near the Belgian border : LILLE
19-down – Mayor of Greater 10 : ANDY
This crossword has in total 26 where 14 are across and 12 are down.