Daily Express Crossword July 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 50 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword July 16 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 50 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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Skilled teacher treated fluMASTERFUL9Across1 Bother following university shipFUSS4Across6 EntrustCONFIDE7Across6 DragsHAULS5Across7 DeedACT3Across9 Cause to get society somewhere to settleROOST5Across10 MotherhoodMATERNITY9Across10 Push chap to acquire nameMANHANDLE9Across11 BlessingBENEDICTION11Across12 Dress in a quiet pearl ensembleAPPAREL7Across12 Volunteers very near new restaurantTAVERNA7Across13 Involving a dreamer, darling, that's sweetDEMERARASUGAR13Across14 Change of luckVICISSITUDE11Across15 Seeking informationINQUIRING9Across17 Copper darts off to get explosive ingredientCUSTARDPOWDER13Across17 MannerWAY3Across19 CorpulentSTOUT5Across21 Citizen Enid converted to BuddhismDENIZEN7Across21 IrreverentIMPIOUS7Across22 Spy has disturbing rub with anarchyMOBRULE7Across22 Reasons to join educator's top student in plantGROUNDSEL9Across24 Opening move not initially in rangeAMBIT5Across25 Darts player's place in RochesterOCHE4Across26 Connect fool with old spies at the bordersASSOCIATE9Across27

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Mythical creatures confuse a dimmer saintMERMAIDS8Down1 FlambeauTORCH5Down1 FrequentlyOFT3Down2 Son ordered operation on noseSNOOP5Down2 ThoughtIDEA4Down3 Business unknown to single depressed areaENTERPRISEZONE14Down3 Loud acrobat didn't start as a clumsy personFUMBLER7Down4 GreatnessMAGNITUDE9Down4 Medication range mostly treating cutsLINCTUS7Down5 ExcitementELATION7Down5 Student rued grand operationUNDERGRAD9Down7 Notice - noticed - an ever-changing situationSEESAW6Down8 OpposeRESIST6Down8 Ivan slung bacon out and wineSAUVIGNONBLANC14Down9 Leaf-sheddingDECIDUOUS9Down11 Make certainENSURE6Down13 MajestyDIGNITY7Down14 Frenchman has tonic cocktail that doesn't admit waterMACINTOSH9Down15 Ill-definedVAGUE5Down16 He's apprehended - the others are outside and pointARRESTEE8Down16 AppellationNAME4Down18 Muddle is a name for forgetfulnessAMNESIA7Down18 Note simple treatment for depressionsDIMPLES7Down19 DelveDIG3Down20 Notice a soldier joins old tempoADAGIO6Down20 Thumb ran around shadowUMBRA5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.