The Guardian Crossword July 24 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 65 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 24 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 65 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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Number-one student (3,2,3,5)TOPOFTHECLASS13Across1
Rubbish clothes, baggier with holes at intervals (7)GARBAGE7Across1
Listings on an invoice (5)COSTS5Across1
Wasted help, say, to get in trim (7)SHAPELY7Across5
Not together (5)APART5Across6
Allude (to) (5)REFER5Across7
Large concert venue (5)ARENA5Across8
Groom’s assistant (4,3)BESTMAN7Across8
Shell out little (5)SKIMP5Across9
‘Yum!’ (5)TASTY5Across9
Hungry feeling? Frier finally working (4)PANG4Across10
Ear part (4)LOBE4Across10
Exercising, animate toes almost in sequence (3,2,1,4)ONEATATIME10Across11
I get harp (anag) (8)GRAPHITE8Across11
Cup from Scotland, or one from Hobart? (6)TASSIE6Across12
Called out indecent state of the crew (8)NAUTICAL8Across13
Herbivore (6)VEGGIE6Across13
You’ve been trapped! (6)GOTCHA6Across14
New magazine from US island (9)STATESMAN9Across14
Looking west, this elevated point used to measure height and circumference (5)GIRTH5Across16
Country with queen or king (8)MONARCHY8Across17
Peach burst open (5)SPLIT5Across17
Beautiful girl whose twin perished (4,5)SNOWWHITE9Across19
Grudgingly admire (4)ENVY4Across19
Miserly (5)TIGHT5Across21
Fennel-like flavour (7)ANISEED7Across22
Pope’s half genial proclamation (8)BENEDICT8Across23
Reach point where the only way is up (3,4,6)HITROCKBOTTOM13Across24
The precise hour business is over, close up (6)OCLOCK6Across24
A couple of hairstyles, extremely smart feature of the Arctic (10)PERMAFROST10Across26
In rage, black a source of energy (4)BOIL4Across27
Lousy payment for cartoon (7)PEANUTS7Across28
Hear about one record in a set of three (7)TRILOGY7Across29
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Bath (3)TUB3Down1
Unit of weight for precious stones (5)CARAT5Down1
Unyielding squad a man triumphantly arrests (7)ADAMANT7Down2
Where to hear an aria (5)OPERA5Down2
Letters received (7)POSTBAG7Down2
Containers that can be cracked (5)SAFES5Down3
Fraudulent attempt to climb into conveyance (5)BOGUS5Down3
Renown (4)FAME4Down3
Short of food (6)HUNGRY6Down4
Creators of digital protection are not just good friends? (7)GLOVERS7Down4
River flowing through Nottingham (5)TRENT5Down4
Animal that may become a rescue pet (5)STRAY5Down5
Disgusting place (8)CESSPOOL8Down5
Defence (5)ALIBI5Down6
In base, extravagant to luxuriate in this? (3,3)HOTTUB6Down6
Greatest power (9)SUPREMACY9Down7
Spirited, transforming hotel into a place of culture (5,4)PETRIDISH9Down7
Roast meat: like a bit of turkey? (7)LAMBAST7Down8
Being born again, robe outwardly in pink (13)REINCARNATION13Down9
Passionate marriage (4,5)LOVEMATCH9Down10
Operatic text (8)LIBRETTO8Down12
Narcissism (7)CONCEIT7Down15
Fellow in community had injured brainstem (9)TRIBESMAN9Down15
Strike (6)THWACK6Down16
Dark (5)NIGHT5Down18
Arrive before opening of park, and go back (7)PRECEDE7Down18
Long car (4)LIMO4Down20
Bertie develops from bad to worse (7)WOOSTER7Down20
About to go off perhaps, indicating right (7)TICKING7Down21
Weirdo following one in poor visibility (6)MISFIT6Down22
Vague (3)DIM3Down23
Brief description of timeless ballet dancing (5)LABEL5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, July 24, 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.