This crossword No. 784 clues and answers were published on Sat 17 Jan 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 784 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – John __,leader of the Scottish National Party : SWINNEY
5-across – See 22 Down : PARTY
8-across – As __ – how Blair et al were elected and how they planned to govern in 1997? : NEW
9-across – Macedonian king : ALEXANDER
10-across – Henry,Jane,Peter,Bridget __ – acting dynasty : FONDA
11-across – The __,Lancastrian dynasty? : TUDORS
13-across – Bernard __,Margaret Thatcher’s press secretary : INGHAM
15-across – Tom __,friend of Becky and Huckleberry : SAWYER
18-across – Peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 : CRIMEA
20-across – A Russian country house : DACHA
23-across – Section of the Eucharist during which the wine and bread are brought to the altar : OFFERTORY
24-across – Abbreviation to describe soldiers whose fate is uncertain : MIA
25-across – __ Witherspoon,star of Legally Blonde : REESE
26-across – Sears,__ and Co. – US store chain : ROEBUCK
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – We Ourselves? Political 5 across in Ireland : SINNFEIN
2-down – A native of Des Moines? : IOWAN
3-down – __ Falls,popular honeymoon destination in New York State : NIAGARA
4-down – __ Cooper,foreign secretary : YVETTE
5-down – Welsh nationalist 5 across : PLAID
6-down – Military force first created by Leon Trotsky : REDARMY
7-down – County of which Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no longer duke? : YORK
12-down – Extinct flightless bird also known as a garefowl : GREATAUK
14-down – The __ and the Pelly and Me – Roald Dahl novel : GIRAFFE
16-down – Area of north Belfast bordered by the Crumlin Road : ARDOYNE
17-down – See 8 Across : LABOUR
19-down – Samuel __ co-creator of his eponymous telegraph code : MORSE
21-down – See 5 : CYMRU
22-down – Political grouping led by Corbyn,Sultana and others : YOUR
This crossword has in total 28 where 14 are across and 14 are down.