Daily Express Crossword July 17 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword July 17 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 54 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

AbilityCOMPETENCE10Across1 Fed up in Wensleydale?CHEESEDOFF10Across1 Ruin cellar's top brandyMARC4Across6 Apple drinkCIDER5Across7 PassageTRANSIT7Across8 Bad cheque from a doormanBOUNCER7Across10 ForemanOVERSEER8Across10 Bore about having cot delivered in 31 daysOCTOBER7Across11 SpinTURN4Across11 Aspect of promotionELEVATION9Across12 Art form involving a ropeOPERA5Across13 AlmostNEARLY6Across13 Stupid car crashed against shipCRASS5Across14 PlacidSERENE6Across15 Cut top off non-polluting treeEVERGREEN9Across15 Sad to sayALAS4Across17 Doctor to get angry in raceMOTOCROSS9Across17 SledgeTOBOGGAN8Across18 A time in work, in a suitable wayAPTLY5Across20 Tiny totTODDLER7Across21 Bully former queen, then cringeCOWER5Across21 AccumulateAMASS5Across22 ComponentINGREDIENT10Across23 Gentle ice sculpture looking good on TVTELEGENIC9Across23 Spite about French article, to the letterEPISTLE7Across25 Fancy an idea about something toxic?CYANIDE7Across26 Crazy for almonds, sayNUTS4Across27 Everyone gets the supreme way to finish letterALLTHEBEST10Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Caught by skilful telegramCABLE5Down1 SpongeCADGE5Down1 SullenlyMOROSELY8Down2 Cheerful old banter about following unionEXUBERANT9Down2 RespectESTEEM6Down3 Welfare system for friendly guardsSOCIALSECURITY14Down3 VivacityELAN4Down4 Rodents performing crime after partyDORMICE7Down4 Fellow left a little bit in stormFLOUNCE7Down5 DressCOSTUME7Down5 Book-keeperACCOUNTANT10Down6 Risk not starting walkAMBLE5Down7 Transport tiny crate? Sure thingCERTAINTY9Down8 Muscly tongue used for swearingSTRONGLANGUAGE14Down9 CompassionTENDERNESS10Down9 ExplodeDETONATE8Down12 DesertABANDON7Down14 Arrive, innocent, and confessCOMECLEAN9Down14 FrightfulHORRID6Down16 I have to go after former numbers, being thoroughEXTENSIVE9Down16 Coarse flour, to a cooked breakfast, sayOATMEAL7Down18 AwardGRANT5Down19 Request is, to a great extent, permissibleSOLICIT7Down19 AspersionSLUR4Down20 Wife wasted this gameWHIST5Down22 Trunk coming from ManchesterCHEST5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, July 17, 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.