The Guardian Crossword July 3 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 62 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 3 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 62 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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You won’t see board members taking part in this criminal bloc’s NHS fiddle (9,5)BLINDFOLD9Across
Police state can’t, without a new study of underground movement? (5,9)PLATE5Across
Abs’ composition (7,6)STOMACHMUSCLE13Across1
Writer playing along with EU (7)ANGELOU7Across1
Sow your wild ones! (4)OATS4Across1
Going out on ___ (5)ALIMB5Across5
As corsets are spiked all over (5,2)LACEDUP7Across5
Medium for the BBC’s Broadcasting House (5)RADIO5Across7
Mister in Münster (4)HERR4Across8
Plunge into boiling water, as with tomatoes (5)SCALD5Across8
Master goldsmith’s lead file (5)GRASP5Across9
One selling goods abroad (8)EXPORTER8Across9
Swiss artist Paul (4)KLEE4Across9
Waistline deposit (4,6)LOVEHANDLE10Across10
Is cricketer able to provide a handy means of access for consumers? (3-6)CANOPENER9Across10
Like some wire and comments (6)BARBED6Across12
Ruddy good to get in a depressed state! (5)AGLOW5Across13
You, now (6)SOLVER6Across14
Eatery with entertainment (6,4)SUPPERCLUB10Across15
Evening: almost time to collapse (9)NIGHTFALL9Across15
Department head is getting recognition? Rubbish! (9)DISCREDIT9Across18
Usually monthly payments for usually non-manual labour (8)SALARIES8Across19
Right wants a familiar ex-PM judged (5)RATED5Across19
Partly open, as a door (4)AJAR4Across20
Government leader (5,8)FIRSTMINISTER13Across21
Top grade rations ordered by advanced health centres (9)SANATORIA9Across25
Gathering close to Gulf Stream (5)FRILL5Across26
A cross between tense and loose, as, say, kid’s clothing is (3-4)TAXFREE7Across27
Old king protecting (or regressing) fledgling colony (7)HERONRY7Across28
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In which X often appears with a broken leg support (7)ALGEBRA7Down1
Row your boat with them! (4)OARS4Down1
Abstemious (8)TEETOTAL8Down2
Happy soul dancing round Ireland’s top flower (9)GLADIOLUS9Down2
Alas and ___ (5)ALACK5Down2
Inventor Samuel or Inspector Endeavour (5)MORSE5Down3
Was wolf-like lecturer against journalist’s opinion piece? (5)LOPED5Down3
Descriptor of some basins, waves and energy (5)TIDAL5Down3
TV announcer’s aide-memoire (3,4)CUECARD7Down4
Like a single draughts piece – 100 now under review (9)UNCROWNED9Down4
Photographer’s request (5)SMILE5Down4
Scored, though showing signs of age! (5)LINED5Down5
Sulked – 50cc? (5)MOPED5Down5
Test player, international, opens another player’s electrical store (9)CAPACITOR9Down6
Be an omen of (4)BODE4Down6
US liver (anag) – keep an eye on (7)SURVEIL7Down6
Poet’s slowish to drop a name (5)DANTE5Down7
Vichyssoise veg (4)LEEK4Down7
Country’s introducing a Latin examination (7)PERUSAL7Down8
Control – synchronise (8)REGULATE8Down11
Retiree’s travel document (3,4)BUSPASS7Down13
Intervenes (5,2)STEPSIN7Down14
China might be after this line-up – open secret (9)WORCESTER9Down14
Refracting glass object (5)PRISM5Down16
Billionaire accepts new car ‘hard to break in’ (9)GATECRASH9Down16
Form – lesson – status – style (5)CLASS5Down17
Maybe Titian or Turner’s main form of grinding (9)ATTRITION9Down17
Island in Indonesia, east of Java (4)BALI4Down18
Pledge from would-be MP – dregs! (7)DEPOSIT7Down18
One’s place in Doris’s show? (7)DISPLAY7Down20
Seize one with leader ousted in a new vote (5)ANNEX5Down22
Wrong end of the dish (5)TORTE5Down23
Tender and even more sickly? (5)OFFER5Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, July 3, 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.