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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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
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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.