The Guardian Crossword July 5 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 5 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 64 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Sherry, or a musician’s direction to play lovingly (7)AMOROSO7Across1 Oklahoma city that Gene Pitney was only 24 hours from (5)TULSA5Across1 E.g. Red Cross wanting information for marketing firm (2,6)ADAGENCY8Across1 Re: hut (anag) – ___ Pendragon (5)UTHER5Across5 Has a go at finding these birds (6)SNIPES6Across5 Apple desktops (5)IMACS5Across6 Papas’ counterparts (5)MAMAS5Across7 Duck whose down is used to make bedcovers (5)EIDER5Across8 ___ a rat (5)SMELT5Across8 High dudgeon (3)IRE3Across9 Cressida’s love in a Shakespeare play (7)TROILUS7Across9 Silly farce about elderly relative getting bouquet (9)FRAGRANCE9Across9 Pudding cutlery item (7,5)DESSERTSPOON12Across10 More extensive work involved designing employment rules initially (5)WIDER5Across11 Summer is what new TV shows look forward to! (6,6)SECONDSEASON12Across12 Become depleted (3,3)RUNLOW6Across13 Draw forth (6)ELICIT6Across14 Complains about empty threats by workers group (4)TUTS4Across15 Establishes repository for daily sources of astronomical data (4,6)STARCHARTS10Across16 Designer Yves (5,7)SAINTLAURENT12Across17 Instrument on parading ground (5,5)GRANDPIANO10Across18 Test current means of transport (4)TAXI4Across19 Eg Anglo (anag) – lasting an extended period of time (3-4)AGELONG7Across20 New mutiny on a reshuffle is imminent (3,6,3)ANYMINUTENOW12Across21 Students’ stations – newspaper sections (5)DESKS5Across22 Spanish form of address (5)SENOR5Across23 Icon that is featured on outside of journal (5)IMAGE5Across24 Festive gift-givers (3,4)THEMAGI7Across24 Reverse part of extremity revealed consistently (5,4)EVERYTIME9Across25 Philosophy advocating a stripped-down life? (6)NUDISM6Across26 If necessary move slowly after a knock (2,1,5)ATAPINCH8Across27

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Peake, Henman and Berners-Lee, eg (4)TIMS4Down1 Inspires wonder in (4)AWES4Down1 How Nato spells out start of attack regularly falls flat (4)ALFA4Down1 Quaint British form of address (3,4)OLDBEAN7Down2 Savoury taste (5)UMAMI5Down2 Unfortunately it’s essential to medical assessment (4)ALAS4Down2 Rio rotors (anag) – preparation of an iris’s rhizome (5,4)ORRISROOT9Down3 Less convincing, as some excuses (5)LAMER5Down3 Student lacks head for income-generating activity (6)EARNER6Down3 Weasels’ relatives (6)OTTERS6Down4 Go up (5)SCALE5Down4 Excitedly tout candidate showing focus on achievement (3-2,8)CANDOATTITUDE13Down4 Numero ___ (3)UNO3Down5 Abbrev. for a helper (4)ASST4Down5 Capital hotel invested in fresh food store (3,5)NEWDELHI8Down6 Greeting – song by Adele or Lionel Richie (5)HELLO5Down6 Kind of crossing that’s slow and boring (10)PEDESTRIAN10Down7 Echo – receive a sympathetic response (8)RESONATE8Down7 Healthy and fit? It may be one’s best feature (6,4)STRONGSUIT10Down8 Misplaced utterances end long difficult trial (9,4)ENDURANCETEST13Down10 Harry Gordon ___, the ‘Earl of Oxford Street’ (9)SELFRIDGE9Down11 Intrude on property (8)TRESPASS8Down12 Men-only race showing lack of progress (10)STAGNATION10Down13 Stable worker, one unlikely to get flustered (6,4)STEADYHAND10Down14 Card game requiring two decks (7)CANASTA7Down15 ‘He’s ___ but a worthless fool’ (6)NAUGHT6Down16 A doctor’s concealing soft spot for lovers (8)ADMIRERS8Down17 Cause to be stranded due to extreme cold (3,2)ICEIN5Down18 Sparkling Italian wine (4)ASTI4Down19 Pay for father to take on big city university (4,2)PONYUP6Down20 Bladed pole (3)OAR3Down21 Predator consumes only half of live ones (4)LION4Down22 Ran into hospital to get drug (4)METH4Down23

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Sunday, July 5, 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.