The Guardian Crossword July 26 2026 Answers
Sunday puzzle · 70 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 26 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 70 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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Start of a tennis rally (5)SERVE5Across1
Break in friendly relations (4)RIFT4Across1
Finn’s plot dividing the French and the German (9)LAPLANDER9Across1
Deer meat (7)VENISON7Across4
‘To reiterate … ’ (5)ISAID5Across5
Comedian fine being embraced by Jeremy, half-cut (5)JOKER5Across6
Ex-planet, demoted in 2006 (5)PLUTO5Across7
Online retailer (1-8)EBUSINESS9Across8
What sex does, they say (5)SELLS5Across8
Golf ball support (3)TEE3Across9
Gallery display (3)ART3Across9
Unconventionally teach fraud (5)CHEAT5Across9
Topiary techniques essential in rural Australia (9)BUSHCRAFT9Across10
Osso buco base (4)VEAL4Across10
President’s concealing scoundrel entertaining Royal (originally!) – they have an advantage (5,5)TRUMPCARDS10Across11
One, two, or three? (8)CARDINAL8Across11
Lay out banquet, perhaps, discounting a thousand – five hundred instead (4)DEAL4Across12
Neither lose nor gain (5,4)BREAKEVEN9Across14
Posh Prada bag – cracking steal – one pound, finally negotiated bargain (7)HAGGLED7Across14
Soprano, endlessly irate, starts to inevitably abuse drink (7)SANGRIA7Across15
Gold passed time inside, did examinations (7)AUDITED7Across17
Wild adventure (8)ESCAPADE8Across18
Lazy movement of son borders on lacklustre after sulk (7)SHUFFLE7Across19
Eye affliction (4)STYE4Across20
Act tour Reno – what are the odds?! (4)TURN4Across20
Might this keep you to time? (10)WATCHSTRAP10Across22
Sn, to a chemist (3)TIN3Across22
Baba ganoush ingredient (9)AUBERGINE9Across23
Wee anaesthetist under the influence of drug (6,3)NUMBERONE9Across25
Soothe or mitigate (7)RELIEVE7Across25
Evenly sliced turnip cake technique (5)TRICK5Across26
Nation east of Mali (5)NIGER5Across26
Spirit without alcohol astonishingly delicious initially (5)DRYAD5Across27
Warship does retry manoeuvring (9)DESTROYER9Across28
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Dangerous tidal currents (4)RIPS4Down1
Mostly tongue it, that’s allowed (5)LICIT5Down1
Record holder (6)SLEEVE6Down1
Wight, for one (4)ISLE4Down2
Rude GP, Jed, erroneously made assumptions without facts (9)PREJUDGED9Down2
Fruity leafstalks in some crumbles (7)RHUBARB7Down2
Tennis mistake (5)FAULT5Down3
Oil up toast, dished out for robot drivers? (10)AUTOPILOTS10Down3
Prepare to publish (4)EDIT4Down3
Compete (3)VIE3Down4
Expert soft touch with hot Australian knight on date (3,4)DABHAND7Down4
Sir or madam (5)TITLE5Down4
Remains buried in structures I’d established (7)RESIDES7Down5
Disastrous drop (8)NOSEDIVE8Down5
Iberian nation (5)SPAIN5Down6
Two tablets, maybe (4)DOSE4Down6
Sailor’s a card! (4)JACK4Down6
Stinging plant (6)NETTLE6Down7
Church centre picked up rascal (5)KNAVE5Down7
Get revenge when rump consumed by diner is thrown up (9)RETALIATE9Down8
Posed a question (5)ASKED5Down12
One asking questions in RoI quits after collapsing (10)INQUISITOR10Down13
Convincing, AI-created video (8)DEEPFAKE8Down13
Full of courage, he rented a ground (9)HEARTENED9Down14
Zero (7)NOTHING7Down15
Engineers: 40 patrols provided to increase security again (9)REFORTIFY9Down16
Drink of the gods (6)NECTAR6Down16
Superficial layer (6)VENEER6Down17
Lady-in-waiting hauled up over case of nicked jewel (7)DIAMOND7Down18
Work out, including cardio circuit exercise, principally achieving the goal (7)SUCCESS7Down19
Lock site (5)CANAL5Down19
Pleased expression (4)GRIN4Down21
Run! Headless Egyptian corpse’s game (5)RUMMY5Down21
One thrusting into stud? (5)POKER5Down23
Drone, e.g. (3)BEE3Down24
Got wind of missing Republican leader (4)HEAD4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, July 26, 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.