This crossword No. 797 clues and answers were published on Sat 18 Apr 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 797 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
5-across – One of the 6 in Gemini : CASTOR
7-across – The other 6 in Gemini : POLLUX
8-across – __ Gilpin,actor who played Roz Doyle in Frasier : PERI
9-across – One of two impostors identified by Kipling in If … : DISASTER
10-across – Boris __,chess champion beaten by Bobby Fischer in 1972 : SPASSKY
12-across – Tom and __,cartoon characters : JERRY
14-across – Esau and __,6 : JACOB
16-across – A second impostor identified by Kipling in If … : TRIUMPH
19-across – __ : BANGBANG
20-across – See 18 Down : ISLE
22-across – Caitlyn __,former Olympic decathlete and star of Keeping Up with the Kardashians : JENNER
23-across – Fabric from the hair of the Angora goat : MOHAIR
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – University in New Haven,CT : YALE
2-down – Joseph __,Russian poet and 1987 Nobel laureate : BRODSKY
3-down – __ Palace,office and residence of the French president : ELYSEE
4-down – Name given to the process in which apple trees lose some fruit before the crop is ripe : JUNEDROP
6-down – The __,characters in The Matrix played by Neil and Adrian Rayment : TWINS
7-down – Italian city,home to Camposanto Vecchio : PISA
11-down – Membranes surrounding the spinal cord : PIAMATER
13-down – The art of folding paper : ORIGAMI
15-down – See 21 : ORGANA
17-down – __ Heep,character in David Copperfield : URIAH
18-down – Place in southern Shetland known for its knitting style : FAIR
21-down – __ and Luke Skywalker,6 : LEIA
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.