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The Guardian Crossword July 31 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 65 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all 65 clues from the The Guardian Crossword for July 31 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Across

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Common in a specific area (7)71 AcrossReveal answer → Spooner’s man from Bangkok makes meal (4,3)71 AcrossReveal answer → Basil-based sauce (5)51 AcrossReveal answer → Bouncer defending right cause (7)75 AcrossReveal answer → Speedy (5)56 AcrossReveal answer → Made a boo-boo (5)57 AcrossReveal answer → One of 50 on the US flag (4)48 AcrossReveal answer → Read it as a rebuke (4,3)78 AcrossReveal answer → Number 13 (for some) (7)79 AcrossReveal answer → Like a wallflower (3)39 AcrossReveal answer → Square meal left out (4)410 AcrossReveal answer → Go where one’s not welcome (7)710 AcrossReveal answer → Show off magnificent stomach (10)1011 AcrossReveal answer → Entertaining place outdoors? (5)511 AcrossReveal answer → Christian Bale finally doing wrong (6)612 AcrossReveal answer → PM briefly in front of No.11 preparing joint (8)813 AcrossReveal answer → Elevated position of church music? (5,4)913 AcrossReveal answer → Dr Faust confused by manuscript showing birthplaces of 6 and 28 (4,5)914 AcrossReveal answer → Section of text (9)915 AcrossReveal answer → Soundness of judgement is some change for Donald Trump in speech (5)516 AcrossReveal answer → 3 whimsically entertained by youth’s description of Slough (5)517 AcrossReveal answer → Complete change in policy (1-4)518 AcrossReveal answer → 3D wrestling match (9)919 AcrossReveal answer → Sports shoe (7)721 AcrossReveal answer → Minor role (3,4)722 AcrossReveal answer → London football club – or New York hotel? (7)723 AcrossReveal answer → 3 taking pulse oddly inspired? (8)823 AcrossReveal answer → Dish decoration (7)724 AcrossReveal answer → Organ Symphony’s finale is uniform (6)624 AcrossReveal answer → Bits of grey matter in fish (10)1026 AcrossReveal answer → Weeds cycling in Oxford? (4)427 AcrossReveal answer → That woman in tattered clothing coming round for 3 (7)728 AcrossReveal answer → Spice Girl cut by tea tray (7)729 AcrossReveal answer →

Down

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Provide (5)51 DownReveal answer → Garlic-crushing gadget (5)51 DownReveal answer → Club is ultimately perfect for George Bernard Shaw? (7)72 DownReveal answer → Where we all live (5)52 DownReveal answer → Vermeer’s hometown (5)52 DownReveal answer → Deodorant type (5)53 DownReveal answer → Hard rock capturing the heart of Mason Mount (5)53 DownReveal answer → Tiny living thing (5-8)133 DownReveal answer → Sound of distress (6)64 DownReveal answer → Plant from eastern New Guinea (7)74 DownReveal answer → Level of a wedding cake (4)44 DownReveal answer → Out of the ordinary (3)35 DownReveal answer → Mercenary individual (7-6)135 DownReveal answer → Mozambique’s capital (6)66 DownReveal answer → 3 makes a killing after receiving a tip (3,3)66 DownReveal answer → Positively 4th ____, 1965 Bob Dylan song (6)67 DownReveal answer → Billionaire boss in Northern town (9)97 DownReveal answer → Climatic events during climbing season in Lesotho (2,5)78 DownReveal answer → Emma made point about cross-dresser (9,4)139 DownReveal answer → Picnic or penalty? (4)412 DownReveal answer → Fantastic figure? (4)414 DownReveal answer → Uprising (6)615 DownReveal answer → Pedigree dog’s heading off to investigate more thoroughly (3,6)915 DownReveal answer → Bookish individual (6)616 DownReveal answer → In-car safety feature (6)617 DownReveal answer → Bird not up for courtship dancing (7)718 DownReveal answer → Taste of miso (5)519 DownReveal answer → 3 is hot and frisky (7)720 DownReveal answer → V-shaped cut (5)520 DownReveal answer → Spin bowler containing Australia up front? (7)721 DownReveal answer → Movie about mustang (6)622 DownReveal answer → Counsellor spending a day in the shade (5)525 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the The Guardian crossword published on Friday, July 31, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.