The Guardian Crossword July 7 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 7 2026 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Double (12)DOPPELGANGER12Across1 Liverpool’s Mo (5)SALAH5Across1 ‘I was nowhere near the bank at the time of the robbery’, eg (5)ALIBI5Across6 Taunts (5)GIBES5Across7 Skaro (anag) – plants providing lady’s fingers (5)OKRAS5Across8 Fine food store providing meals 50% off (8)DELICATE8Across8 Disreputable (5)SEAMY5Across9 Relative (5)NIECE5Across9 Wordplay by church magazine in the past (5)PUNCH5Across9 Broadway entertainment? (7)SHOWBIZ7Across10 Release knot after cycling (4)FREE4Across10 50 leave prayers over 10 school punishments? (10)DETENTIONS10Across11 Miss (4)OMIT4Across11 Lord caught being unproductive (6)BARREN6Across12 Hypothetical (8)NOTIONAL8Across12 Half of them plot to protect cricket match represented (8)EMBODIED8Across14 Seasonal tipple (6)EGGNOG6Across14 Way (6)METHOD6Across15 Prepare to deal in Harlem, maybe (7)SHUFFLE7Across16 Ruler deports 1,000 to win vote, say (7)EXPRESS7Across18 Best – last (8)ULTIMATE8Across18 Interrogate – trivia test (4)QUIZ4Across20 Occasional cricket sides (3,3,2)OFFANDON8Across21 Trainer (anag) (7)TERRAIN7Across22 Front, back or pub? (5)CRAWL5Across23 Wearing white, England finally get 500 with sweep (6)PADDLE6Across23 Wellington lady? (3,9)NEWZEALANDER12Across24 One in court sent in criminal to get shot (6,4)TENNISBALL10Across24 Wide initially given following batting side (4)WING4Across26 Perhaps Hamlet seizes Claudius’s crown in play (5)DANCE5Across27 ‘Beats drinking alcohol’ – aristocrat on reflection with slice of lemon (4,4)DRUMROLL8Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Scold or preach conversion (8)REPROACH8Down1 Go ass (anag) – plants providing cereals (5)SAGOS5Down1 How great minds think, we’re told (5)ALIKE5Down2 Magazine’s obligation to describe source of material (4)TIME4Down2 Intro (7)OPENING7Down2 What even number is divided by 5000? (6)PARDON6Down3 September – October star sign (5)LIBRA5Down3 I escaped, but only just! (4)PHEW4Down3 Nautical direction at right angles to a vessel’s length (5)ABEAM5Down4 Iron Lady’s bored by acting Tory leader’s ‘soft touch’ (7)FEATHER7Down4 Seminar (6)LESSON6Down4 San Diego (anag) (8)AGONISED8Down5 Country rejects American PR (4)SPIN4Down5 Throw a ___ fit (5)HISSY5Down5 West Central African republic (5)GABON5Down6 10 hide under end of divan, trembling (10)UNHINDERED10Down6 10ac (6-6)RAZZLEDAZZLE12Down7 Transfer money (6)CHANGE6Down7 Target sometimes sought in the morning? (6,6)SNOOZEBUTTON12Down8 Occupant of same chamber (8)ROOMMATE8Down13 Stopping official education ignoring tense (10)REFRAINING10Down13 Beauty product to go in container (3)BOX3Down15 Lorry transportation business (7)HAULAGE7Down16 Without a key (6)ATONAL6Down17 Guided light (3)LED3Down17 Worth (anag) (5)THROW5Down19 Foolish to steal ten pounds without a sound (8)SILENTLY8Down19 Take defensive position as grenade’s thrown (2,5)ENGARDE7Down20 Study (4)SCAN4Down21 Demons? Companions, run away! (6)FIENDS6Down22 Stop going both ways? (4-2)PULLUP6Down23 Society backing favourite way to go up in the world (4)STEP4Down25 Creature of indeterminate gender? (4)WORM4Down26

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Tuesday, July 7, 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.