Welcome to the page with the answers to today's (August 31st 2019) clues of The Guardian Weekend crossword.
Below is the list of all of today's clues (a total of 24 clues). Just click on a clue to get the answer.
| French author and actor who was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize for literature (7) |
| 9 __, author of Animal Farm (6) |
| 2000 crime film starring Ray Winstone and Ben Kingsley (4,5) |
| See 1 Down |
| Former presenter of Newsnight and now of University Challenge (6,6) |
| See 23 |
| Actor whose films include Prizzi's Honor and The Grifters (8,6) |
| See 16 Across |
| Golda __, Israeli prime minister, 1969-1974 (4) |
| Director of She's Gotta Have It and BlacKkKlansman (5,3) |
| The capital of French Guiana - and a hot chili pepper (7) |
| 1965 poem by Sylvia Plath - or a character in The Little Mermaid (5) |
| Italian musical term indicating a piece may be performed at the player's preferred tempo (1,7) |
| Actor and pioneer of US stand up comedy known for his partnership with Bing Crosby (3,4) |
| Country bordered by Ghana and Benin (4) |
| __ CBE, newsreader and one of the first presenters of Top Gear (6,6) |
| The part of Exeter on the west bank of the Exe (2,6) |
| See 7 |
| See 16 |
| The first book in Christopher Paolini's The Inheritance Cycle (6) |
| John __, author of Ten Days that Shook the World (4) |
| Root of plants of the genus Panax, popular especially in Korea and China (7) |
| See 22 Down |
| British prime minister, 1916-1922 (5,5,6) |