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Daily Express Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 54 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Daily Express Crossword July 31 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#
Owl's strange proposal for reduced speedSLOWMOTION10Across1 CounterfeitFALSIFY7Across4 Don't eat in a quick wayFAST4Across6 SpeakerORATOR6Across8 AvowPROFESS7Across9 Old cold colour outside is lostEXTINCT7Across10 CommendPRAISE6Across10 Reporters, performing, keep goingPRESSON7Across11 IntelligentCLEVER6Across11 BaffleSILENCER8Across12 A ruse thus set out in a bookTHESAURUS9Across12 Greek character wasted pun on modelPINUP5Across13 Island shows sign, without the sentimental stuffCAPRI5Across14 Bearing guidanceDIRECTION9Across15 Tuna roast cooked for distant travellerASTRONAUT9Across17 PotentPOWERFUL8Across18 GladJOYOUS6Across20 Flower at the back loses last bitASTER5Across20 WeakenIMPAIR6Across21 Youngster found in cellar vaultLARVA5Across21 ProgressADVANCE7Across22 FilchedSTOLEN6Across23 Checking notes on fenceDERAILING9Across23 Take for grantedPRESUME7Across24 Thing to change before morningTONIGHT7Across25 Aim isn't wrong, he believesANIMIST7Across26 Time is negative, and its reverseNOON4Across27 After drink, break a biscuitBRANDYSNAP10Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
We sat around - that's hard workSWEAT5Down1 Make upCOMPOSE7Down1 CompetentCAPABLE7Down2 There and then, where acne cream goesONTHESPOT9Down2 Fruit gives tongue colourMANDARINORANGE14Down3 RelaxLOOSEN6Down3 Taught Edward to take rout badlyTUTORED7Down4 He's against work by show-offOPPOSER7Down5 PropellerAIRSCREW8Down5 MollifySOFTEN6Down6 New design for sonar is a crimeARSON5Down7 Make firmFASTEN6Down7 Can first batsman be useful in the kitchen?TINOPENER9Down8 Honour, skill and social standingRESPECTABILITY14Down9 Red pepperCAPSICUM8Down13 BenignAFFABLE7Down14 Sham cleaner, twisted from birthCHARLATAN9Down14 StridentBLARING7Down15 Sixth sense during trainingINTUITION9Down16 MarvelWONDER6Down16 BogMORASS6Down17 Investigator finds gold and tritium in fashion houseAUDITOR7Down18 AntsEMMETS6Down19 Lighter rainfall around some landTERRAIN7Down19 Composer on doctrine about musical formRONDO5Down22 Clothes in place, say, the other way roundGETUP5Down24

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Daily Express crossword published on Friday, July 31, 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.