The Guardian Crossword July 16 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 64 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for July 16 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Rider (10)101 AcrossReveal answer → Shifting a lot into base that’s feeling full (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → ‘Don’t talk to me, I’m in a ___’ (4)41 AcrossReveal answer → Receiver of stolen goods (5)55 AcrossReveal answer → Causes damage to and gets emotional (5,2)75 AcrossReveal answer → It Doesn’t ___ Snow at Christmas (Pet Shop Boys single) (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Less than intellectual (7)77 AcrossReveal answer → Horserider’s steering system (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → North African capital (5)58 AcrossReveal answer → Orange, ash or palm (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Partially staunch a smoking fissure (5)59 AcrossReveal answer → Block local commercial involvement in staple food (9)910 AcrossReveal answer → Bludgeon (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Clamour (8)811 AcrossReveal answer → Like church’s addition to wedding without ring? It’s so dull (10)1011 AcrossReveal answer → Atmosphere that’s spoken of before in poetry (3)312 AcrossReveal answer → Ordering of words (6)613 AcrossReveal answer → You must write to get her to analyse you (12)1214 AcrossReveal answer → Starry (6)615 AcrossReveal answer → Acquire by flattery (8)817 AcrossReveal answer → Maximum break adds up to 12 (3,4,5)1218 AcrossReveal answer → Gobble (up) – large canine (4)418 AcrossReveal answer → Wind has no singular source from which it comes (3)321 AcrossReveal answer → Slice into two equal parts (5)521 AcrossReveal answer → Bony arrangement (3,4)722 AcrossReveal answer → Repeat take out – it needs to feed two couples (6,4)1022 AcrossReveal answer → Chill! (4,2,4)1023 AcrossReveal answer → On camera, I spilt coffee (9)925 AcrossReveal answer → Farm starts to rear another new cattle herd (5)526 AcrossReveal answer → Spot on jumper? That’s just great (3,4)727 AcrossReveal answer → Most secure force when cold war sides abandoned leaders (7)728 AcrossReveal answer →

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Become encouraged as dollar gaining value (4,2)61 DownReveal answer → Welshpool’s county (5)51 DownReveal answer → Allude (5)51 DownReveal answer → Nippy (4)42 DownReveal answer → Performing one piece that’s old? (2,1,3)62 DownReveal answer → Loosen, as shoelaces (5)52 DownReveal answer → One of maybe five in an act (5)53 DownReveal answer → That doesn’t matter! (2,4)63 DownReveal answer → A worm tries wriggling but it always goes forward (5,5)103 DownReveal answer → Broody types (4)44 DownReveal answer → Unsparing (8)84 DownReveal answer → Name top class capital (5)54 DownReveal answer → William, Worth or Knox (4)45 DownReveal answer → See mother cavorting in erotic adventure (9)95 DownReveal answer → Wild feline (7)75 DownReveal answer → Like coming around without clothing (4)46 DownReveal answer → Anvil user (10)106 DownReveal answer → Dodgy treatment leads to almost bare ground outside (5,3)87 DownReveal answer → Bushes, for example, I’d left as gifts (8)88 DownReveal answer → Retail thief (10)109 DownReveal answer → Language in Denpasar (8)812 DownReveal answer → Fancy suit will send sweet messages of endearment (4,6)1013 DownReveal answer → Short book (7)714 DownReveal answer → Bore winding up for repeat (9)915 DownReveal answer → Broccoli part (6)616 DownReveal answer → Moving location where gunman occasionally hides (8)816 DownReveal answer → Pay to have seat lifted (6,2)817 DownReveal answer → Egg producer (5)519 DownReveal answer → Snack, core part of unsafe carnal diet (6)619 DownReveal answer → Extremely rare dish, opulent and very popular (3,3)620 DownReveal answer → Eurovision winners 1974, in Brighton (4)420 DownReveal answer → Live abroad? Get lost (2,3)523 DownReveal answer → Initially it’s used to determine the order of firing (4)424 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.