The Guardian Crossword July 17 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 17 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 64 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#
Chemical neurotransmitter – in a moped (anag) (8)DOPAMINE8Across1 Threat to informer? (4,4,3,4)SHOPTILLYOUDROP15Across1 Attempts – what Vlad the Impaler does (5)STABS5Across1 Crustacean on the side-walk? (4)CRAB4Across5 The ‘T’ of ‘G&T’ (5)TONIC5Across6 The ‘A’ of ‘WASP’ (5)ANGLO5Across7 Found new tenants for (2-3)RELET5Across8 Throw back nameless catch at sea (7)LOBSTER7Across9 Lock (5)TRESS5Across9 Archaic (5)DATED5Across9 Withdraw having committed a further offence as reported (7)RESCIND7Across10 Dance party (7)SHINDIG7Across10 Newton going, ‘You shouldn’t point!’ (3)DOT3Across11 Charity (12)PHILANTHROPY12Across11 Previously keeping flashy eroticist very happy (2,5,4)ONCLOUDNINE11Across12 Outcast (6)PARIAH6Across13 Mainly competent rating (4,6)ABLESEAMAN10Across13 Turkish city (6)ANKARA6Across14 Knocked back the drink (over a gallon) for some considerable time (4)AGES4Across15 Incautious (5-3-4)DEVILMAYCARE12Across17 Coming back discontented, negotiates very low price, a bargain (4)SNIP4Across18 US comedian put away for drugs in decline (10)DEGENERATE10Across20 Eyelash thickener (7)MASCARA7Across20 From Cusco, once? (5)INCAN5Across21 Bottle stopper (4)CORK4Across22 Loudly complain after sailors originally aboard leave port? (7,4)DESSERTWINE11Across23 Unusually high (8)FALSETTO8Across23 Take main road around valley (3)RIA3Across25 Neither partner recalled mentioning bread lines (7)RONDEAU7Across26 Flavouring from America is in demand (7)ANISEED7Across27 What Telford had a lot of to attract Romeo – sex (6,9)CARNALKNOWLEDGE15Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Youth is speaking about another: ‘Dickhead!’ (5,4)SALADDAYS9Down1 Bird once on Mauritius (4)DODO4Down1 ‘The git-go’ (5)START5Down1 Horrendously per-millilitre expensive office supply (5)TONER5Down2 B-list occasionally spoken about is going round (7)ORBITAL7Down2 Wine or water jug? (7)PITCHER7Down2 Go fishin’ (5)ANGLE5Down3 Singer Tom with suite trashed (8)TITMOUSE8Down3 Tiny tracks and rolling stock (5,7)MODELRAILWAY12Down3 I get emotional about returning to London’s original theatre (5)LYRIC5Down4 Ever-winning gymnast Simone (5)BILES5Down4 Sticking hooter in (where unwanted?) (6)NOSING6Down4 Long for a drink? (4,2,3)YARDOFALE9Down5 Word before ‘fir’, ‘Guards’ or ‘pint’ (5)SCOTS5Down5 Programme transmitter (5)RADIO5Down6 Turn left, perhaps, after park entrance – positive? (6)UPSIDE6Down6 Complaining in bar (7)RAILING7Down7 Bugaboo bloke? (8)BOGEYMAN8Down7 Traditional things in the newspaper once? (4,3,5)FISHANDCHIPS12Down8 Forces serviceman, might you say? (5)PADRE5Down8 Dim piece (anag) (8)EPIDEMIC8Down12 Hit wicket – AUS 1 down (spinner finally bowled over) (9)AWESTRUCK9Down14 Type of fruit (7)APRICOT7Down15 Tomorrow – or never? (6)MANANA6Down16 Synonyms to begin with: fly, go off, make a run for it (9)SKEDADDLE9Down16 Call service engineers initially for correction (8)REMEDIAL8Down17 Brim – tennis player’s wear (5)VISOR5Down18 Less sensible son gets involved making little difference (7)INSANER7Down19 Facts (4)INFO4Down19 Current Republican leading on the surface is a moron (7)AIRHEAD7Down21 A green revolution of sorts (6)GENERA6Down22 Make editor ultimately responsible for such columns (5)DORIC5Down23 Vlad’s past being ideal (5)IMAGO5Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian 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.