Daily Express Crossword July 2 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 52 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword July 2 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 52 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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To be expectedPREDICTABLE11Across1 Old-fashioned mice problem inside is greatly reducedDECIMATED9Across1 Action that's reversibleDEED4Across6 MomentumIMPETUS7Across9 Brief drinkSHORT5Across10 FrequentlyOFTEN5Across10 A quiet ringing is attractiveAPPEALING9Across11 Hair dyeHENNA5Across11 HellINFERNO7Across12 Renovating store is most optimisticROSIEST7Across12 EmptyVACATE6Across13 Comes up behind gold irisesORRISES7Across13 Replaced bolts incorrectly for group of dancersCORPSDEBALLET13Across14 ClimbedSCALED6Across15 Change of pitch led prop astray on impactDOPPLEREFFECT13Across17 ProlongedLENGTHY7Across18 UrgeIMPEL5Across20 Discs made of logsRECORDS7Across21 HeatherERICA5Across22 Fixed limit on headgearFLATCAP7Across22 BrisklyALLEGRO7Across23 BrilliantRESPLENDENT11Across24 Weapon getting petty officer and one boy to talkPOISONGAS9Across24 Georgia, married mother, a foreign characterGAMMA5Across25 Yearn to be extensiveLONG4Across26 Visual instrument has done away with rangeENDOSCOPE9Across27

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Man turned to woman in shameDISGRACE8Down1 Angry signCROSS5Down2 MatureRIPEN5Down2 SlanderDETRACT7Down3 Nun who's relatively betterMOTHERSUPERIOR14Down3 Drink, that is, and foodTOASTIE7Down4 Of the universeCOSMIC6Down4 HaughtyALOOF5Down5 Graduate, after swim, to behold a certificateDIPLOMA7Down5 Word for wordLITERAL7Down6 In disorderDISHEVELLED11Down7 Composer somehow making a kite riseERIKSATIE9Down7 Without emotionINCOLDBLOOD11Down8 Understand a compilationDIGEST6Down8 Fun to be had from a keg of beer?BARRELOFLAUGHS14Down9 RestrictCONFINE7Down14 Socialist deed is censorshipREDACTION9Down15 Made coldCHILLED7Down16 Strike wise man getting best parkingSTOPPAGE8Down16 RevolveGYRATE6Down17 The French sang about English dishLASAGNE7Down18 VagrantTRAMP5Down19 Denied safety device is in shadeREFUSED7Down19 Force to support the SpanishPROPEL6Down20 HeathenPAGAN5Down21 Literary sketch arrived with nothingCAMEO5Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Thursday, July 2, 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.