Today's Guardian Prize Crossword Answers & Hints
Saturday, May 30, 2026 | Play Guardian Prize Crossword
The Guardian Prize is a weekly cryptic with a prize draw; solutions publish the following Friday. We post gentle hints and full solutions.
Click a square to reveal its letter. Get hints below.
Working on the Guardian Prize Crossword and need a little help finishing the grid? This page collects the latest Guardian Prize answers and hints for the puzzle date shown above. If you want a nudge without spoiling the whole thing, start small: reveal a single letter from the grid, check one tricky clue at a time, or use the “reveal all” option only as a last resort.
The Prize is the Guardian’s weekly cryptic crossword with a prize draw. It’s designed for a longer, weekend-length solve, and the official solution is typically published later (the following Friday at midday). We archive each Prize puzzle by date so you can return to past grids, revisit your favourite setters, and learn from the clueing once you’ve finished.
What is the Guardian Prize Crossword?
The Guardian Prize is a weekly cryptic crossword with an optional prize draw. Like other cryptics, each clue has a definition plus wordplay, so every answer is “provable” once you see the mechanism.
Prize puzzles often feel a touch more expansive than weekday cryptics — perfect for a slower weekend session. The Guardian normally publishes the official solution the following Friday at midday, so the “answers” moment arrives a little later than with daily grids.
How to use our Guardian Prize answers & hints
If you’re stuck, try using the page like a learning tool: reveal one letter to confirm an idea, reveal a single answer when you’ve worked out the wordplay but can’t land the final entry, or reveal the full solution once you’re done to study how the clueing works.
Explore more Guardian crosswords
Want something shorter or more beginner-friendly? Try: Guardian Quick, Guardian Quick Cryptic, Guardian Quiptic, Guardian Cryptic, or Guardian Weekend.
Frequently asked questions about Guardian Prize Crossword
The Guardian Prize is a weekly cryptic crossword with an optional prize draw. It’s typically a longer, weekend-style solve and often feels a little more expansive than a weekday cryptic.
The Prize crossword is generally published on Saturdays as part of the Guardian’s crossword lineup.
The Guardian states that the solution to each Prize crossword is published online at midday on the following Friday.
Difficulty varies by setter, but many solvers find the Prize a notch tougher or simply longer and more involved than a typical weekday cryptic.
You can reveal letters from the grid, check individual answers, or view the full solution once you are finished. It’s a useful way to learn how the clue’s wordplay leads to the answer.
Yes. Use the date selector to browse the archive and jump to older Prize puzzles whenever you want another challenge or want to study past clueing.
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