The Guardian Crossword July 31 2026 Answers
Friday puzzle · 65 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 31 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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Common in a specific area (7)ENDEMIC7Across1
Spooner’s man from Bangkok makes meal (4,3)HIGHTEA7Across1
Basil-based sauce (5)PESTO5Across1
Bouncer defending right cause (7)TRIGGER7Across5
Speedy (5)RAPID5Across6
Made a boo-boo (5)ERRED5Across7
One of 50 on the US flag (4)STAR4Across8
Read it as a rebuke (4,3)RIOTACT7Across8
Number 13 (for some) (7)UNLUCKY7Across9
Like a wallflower (3)SHY3Across9
Square meal left out (4)FOUR4Across10
Go where one’s not welcome (7)INTRUDE7Across10
Show off magnificent stomach (10)GRANDSTAND10Across11
Entertaining place outdoors? (5)PATIO5Across11
Christian Bale finally doing wrong (6)GIDEON6Across12
PM briefly in front of No.11 preparing joint (8)TRUSSING8Across13
Elevated position of church music? (5,4)ORGANLOFT9Across13
Dr Faust confused by manuscript showing birthplaces of 6 and 28 (4,5)STUDFARMS9Across14
Section of text (9)PARAGRAPH9Across15
Soundness of judgement is some change for Donald Trump in speech (5)SENSE5Across16
3 whimsically entertained by youth’s description of Slough (5)BOGGY5Across17
Complete change in policy (1-4)UTURN5Across18
3D wrestling match (9)SMACKDOWN9Across19
Sports shoe (7)TRAINER7Across21
Minor role (3,4)BITPART7Across22
London football club – or New York hotel? (7)CHELSEA7Across23
3 taking pulse oddly inspired? (8)STEEPLED8Across23
Dish decoration (7)GARNISH7Across24
Organ Symphony’s finale is uniform (6)LIVERY6Across24
Bits of grey matter in fish (10)HIPPOCAMPI10Across26
Weeds cycling in Oxford? (4)SHOE4Across27
That woman in tattered clothing coming round for 3 (7)SHERGAR7Across28
Spice Girl cut by tea tray (7)CHARGER7Across29
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Provide (5)EQUIP5Down1
Garlic-crushing gadget (5)PRESS5Down1
Club is ultimately perfect for George Bernard Shaw? (7)IRONIST7Down2
Where we all live (5)EARTH5Down2
Vermeer’s hometown (5)DELFT5Down2
Deodorant type (5)SPRAY5Down3
Hard rock capturing the heart of Mason Mount (5)HORSE5Down3
Tiny living thing (5-8)MICROORGANISM13Down3
Sound of distress (6)CRYING6Down4
Plant from eastern New Guinea (7)EUGENIA7Down4
Level of a wedding cake (4)TIER4Down4
Out of the ordinary (3)ODD3Down5
Mercenary individual (7-6)FORTUNEHUNTER13Down5
Mozambique’s capital (6)MAPUTO6Down6
3 makes a killing after receiving a tip (3,3)REDRUM6Down6
Positively 4th ____, 1965 Bob Dylan song (6)STREET6Down7
Billionaire boss in Northern town (9)GATESHEAD9Down7
Climatic events during climbing season in Lesotho (2,5)ELNINOS7Down8
Emma made point about cross-dresser (9,4)PANTOMIMEDAME13Down9
Picnic or penalty? (4)AREA4Down12
Fantastic figure? (4)FOUR4Down14
Uprising (6)PUTSCH6Down15
Pedigree dog’s heading off to investigate more thoroughly (3,6)DIGDEEPER9Down15
Bookish individual (6)READER6Down16
In-car safety feature (6)AIRBAG6Down17
Bird not up for courtship dancing (7)OSTRICH7Down18
Taste of miso (5)UMAMI5Down19
3 is hot and frisky (7)COLTISH7Down20
V-shaped cut (5)NOTCH5Down20
Spin bowler containing Australia up front? (7)WARZONE7Down21
Movie about mustang (6)FLICKA6Down22
Counsellor spending a day in the shade (5)VISOR5Down25
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, July 31, 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.