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.

Also solved on July 26

Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
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.