This crossword No. 786 clues and answers were published on Sat 31 Jan 2026 and the puzzle can be visited by following The Guardian Weekend Crossword No. 786 link.
All Across Clues and Answers:
1-across – María Corina __,Venezuelan opposition politician when 12 was arrested : MACHADO
5-across – Word used to describe a solution with a pH greater than seven : BASIC
8-across – Listed venue on London’s Shaftesbury Avenue,known for staging musicals : APOLLOTHEATRE
9-across – An atom with a net electrical charge : ION
10-across – Town,abbey and public school in Dorset : SHERBORNE
12-across – Nicolás _,Venezuelan president arrested by US forces : MADURO
13-across – Spain’s biggest daily newspaper : ELPAIS
15-across – Word meaning a task than can never be completed,from the mythical king of Ephyra : SISYPHEAN
16-across – Currency code for the Norwegian krone : NOK
18-across – Christmas carol telling the story of the nativity : AWAYINAMANGER
20-across – Judge __,dispenser of justice in Mega-City One : DREDD
21-across – Country entirely surrounded by South Africa : LESOTHO
All Down Clues and Answers:
1-down – US city,home to the annual Calle Ocho Festival : MIAMI
2-down – Bowel inflammation sometimes abbreviated to CD : CROHNSDISEASE
3-down – Cotswold village associated with Edward Thomas’s paean to its railway station : ADLESTROP
4-down – Genus of edible oyster : OSTREA
5-down – Abbreviation for what is commonly called mad cow disease : BSE
6-down – A time,according to Elton John,that’s alright for fighting? : SATURDAYNIGHT
7-down – Samuel __,birth name of Mark Twain : CLEMENS
11-down – Strategic valley in the southern Hindu Kush,linking Quetta and Sibi : BOLANPASS
12-down – The colonel in Cluedo? : MUSTARD
14-down – Total __,movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger : RECALL
17-down – Semiarid region of South Africa’s Western Cape : KAROO
19-down – Abbreviation for a homemade bomb : IED
This crossword has in total 24 where 12 are across and 12 are down.