The Guardian Crossword July 25 2026 Answers

Saturday puzzle · 78 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 25 2026 answers. The Saturday puzzle has 78 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#
Henri de __, caricaturist known for his depictions of Paris during the Belle Époque (8,7)TOULOUSE8Across South Carolina resort city (6,5)MYRTLE6Across Plant with oil-rich seeds (6)SESAME6Across1 Spy moving centre stage (6,5)SECRETAGENT11Across1 ‘It was all a __’ (4)BLUR4Across1 Havana smoke (5)CIGAR5Across4 Gave five stars, perhaps (5)RATED5Across5 Like a toilet that is occupied (2,3)INUSE5Across7 Drive off composer (5)VERDI5Across7 Shopping (6)RETAIL6Across7 He drinks and is a bit blotto, perhaps (5)TOPER5Across8 Fastener with a thread (5)SCREW5Across8 Into the gusts (6)UPWIND6Across8 __ Smith, star of ITV’s I Fought the Law (8)SHERIDAN8Across8 County known as ‘the garden of England’ (4)KENT4Across9 Maori garment made from flax (6)PIUPIU6Across9 Unearth (4)FIND4Across9 Space around heath (4)ROOM4Across9 Animal also known as a prairie wolf (6)COYOTE6Across10 Waste (8)DETRITUS8Across10 Horse which is white and another colour (5)PINTO5Across11 Advanced, specialist component of White Christmas (2-4)HITECH6Across11 Energetic, after dish of cannellini or haricot vegetables? (4,2,5)FULLOFBEANS11Across12 Mesoamerican civilization that existed in central Mexico (5)AZTEC5Across12 Backing graduates, an Uncle from USA (3)SAM3Across13 Lives with duke by cathedral (6)DWELLS6Across14 Lives – again – on river (4)ISIS4Across15 Isabel Allende’s memoir of her daughter (5)PAULA5Across16 Animated film franchise based on the book by William Steig (5)SHREK5Across17 Answer to life, the universe and everything, according to Douglas Adams (5-3)FORTYTWO8Across17 Attack’s concerning where filming takes place (5)ONSET5Across17 Composition taken from Penelope Radcliffe (5)OPERA5Across18 Study (4)READ4Across19 Brandy (6)COGNAC6Across20 Battle spear damaged piece of armour (11)BREASTPLATE11Across20 Uniform (6)LIVERY6Across21 Person/thing of enormous size (5)TITAN5Across22 Opposition (6)SHADOW6Across23 Les __ Bas, The Netherlands in French (4)PAYS4Across24

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
British prime minister, 1916-1922 (5,6)LLOYD5Down British prime minister, 1937-1940 (11)CHAMBER7Down British prime minister, 2010-2016 (5,7)DAVID5Down Deserve, injured and cut (7)SEVERED7Down1 County officer of the Crown (7)SHERIFF7Down1 Lively (5)BRISK5Down1 Weapon used in jousting (5)LANCE5Down2 Tabloid seller! (7)SCANDAL7Down2 Neolithic site overlooking Pewsey Vale (4,4)KNAPHILL8Down2 Some discarded vehicle (3)CAR3Down2 Complete reversal (1-4)UTURN5Down3 Clumsy (9)MALADROIT9Down3 The hour is up – give out (4)EMIT4Down3 British prime minister, 1908-1916 (7)ASQUITH7Down3 Put back to zero (5)RESET5Down4 Martin out in NI county (6)ANTRIM6Down4 Pacer (anag) (5)CAPER5Down4 Sparkle (7)GLISTEN7Down5 Train former journalists (7)EXPRESS7Down5 Bill __, cartoonist and creator of The Fosdyke Saga (4)TIDY4Down5 Morning moisture (3)DEW3Down6 One of the high points in history (3)TOR3Down6 Hot root (6)RADISH6Down6 Supervise, when finished with bishop’s office (7)OVERSEE7Down10 Possesses some purchases (3)HAS3Down11 Levantine salad with finely chopped ingredients and parsley (9)TABBOULEH9Down11 One’s been taken to house with platform (7)HOSTAGE7Down12 American __, production company founded by Francis Ford Coppola and George Lucas (8)ZOETROPE8Down13 Flapping tassel on tiles (6)SLATES6Down13 Honest (7)UPRIGHT7Down13 Now at the destination (7)ARRIVED7Down14 Passerine bird (7)SPARROW7Down15 Waste piece of lumber etc? (6)OFFCUT6Down16 Croquet arch Piglet’s friend flipped over (4)HOOP4Down16 Part of the regalia small brother overturned (3)ORB3Down17 Long (5)YEARN5Down18 Fictional detective created by Ian Rankin (5)REBUS5Down18 Greek letter and a note turned up (3)ETA3Down19 Brand of chocolate sweet filled with toffee (4)ROLO4Down21

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Saturday, July 25, 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.