The Guardian Crossword July 8 2026 Answers
Wednesday puzzle · 64 clues · ✓ All answers verified
Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 8 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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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Children’s party game (8,5)POSTMANSKNOCK13Across1
‘Fish’, ‘good’, ‘bash’ – one of those four-letter words (9)TETRAGRAM9Across1
Alternative to champers or prosecco (4)CAVA4Across1
‘And while we’re on the ___ … ’ (5)TOPIC5Across5
Bumptious, crude or reckless (5)BRASH5Across6
Man, say, placing one page between the sheets? (5)BIPED5Across6
___ to differ (5)AGREE5Across7
Running bird (3)EMU3Across8
First word of many a Monty Python’s Flying Circus episode (3)ITS3Across8
Face wiper (9)SERVIETTE9Across9
Muppet Amin confined to more cheerful block? (10,5)BLITHERINGIDIOT15Across9
Pacific islander (8)TAHITIAN8Across10
Brilliant music? (4)ROCK4Across10
Puddle (4)POOL4Across11
Old banger taking the biscuit with breakdown truck, would you say? (8)KRAKATOA8Across11
Give generously (6)DONATE6Across13
Charity jog (3,3)FUNRUN6Across14
Dash a cigar off that’s poisonous (3,6)FLYAGARIC9Across14
Some villain, a director, the lowest of the low (5)NADIR5Across15
Irritable and hot in Windy City (5)ITCHY5Across16
Batch – cut short (4)CROP4Across16
Friendliness (8)BONHOMIE8Across17
Consider framing suggestion with old pictures (9)MULTIPLEX9Across18
Eyewitness (9)BYSTANDER9Across20
Intervals including notes a perfect fifth apart horrifying singers? (3,5)THEBIRDS8Across20
Badge (3)TAG3Across21
Kiss and Wham on tour? (4)MWAH4Across21
Line of improvement (8,5)LEARNINGCURVE13Across22
One’s disempowered when had by those, Spooner’s Margaret, Temple and MacLaine? (5,3,7)SHORTANDCURLIES15Across25
Hog radiator, say, when first cut off (5)EATER5Across26
Arsenal’s feeble passing through channel (9)ARTILLERY9Across27
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Runner in European capital concerned with section going uphill (5)TIBER5Down1
Petal (anag) (5)PLEAT5Down1
Short-legged friend of the late monarch (5)CORGI5Down1
Not together (5)APART5Down2
Bad speller in theory, extremely anxious (7)TWITCHY7Down2
Essex city (8-2-3)SOUTHENDONSEA13Down2
Long speech finally wrapped up by wizard (4)ACHE4Down3
Give false information about (8)MISSTATE8Down3
US spelling for workroom clamps (5)VISES5Down3
Persistent, dull pain (4)ACHE4Down4
Bergen’s country (6)NORWAY6Down4
Red colour a revolutionary adopts (4)RARE4Down4
Use needles (4)KNIT4Down5
Noted progression without cabbage being mentioned? (5,5)MINORSCALE10Down5
Initials indicating that details will later be added (3)TBA3Down5
Boat driver? (8,5)OUTBOARDMOTOR13Down6
Very anxious when building house? (8,2)BRICKINGIT10Down6
Russian government (7)KREMLIN7Down7
Keen I observe, nothing to lose in school (7)POINTED7Down7
Pattern has Dorothy frolicking in spring, did you say? (3,6)DOTMATRIX9Down8
Plain character gets surly, I gathered (4,6)UGLYSISTER10Down12
Exultant (8)EUPHORIC8Down12
Sound unit (7)DECIBEL7Down13
Photo briefly capturing mother, teacher and a princess (5,5)PRIMADONNA10Down13
Miss payment claiming one pocketed by singers (4,2,3)FAILTOSEE9Down14
Saturated (6)SODDEN6Down15
Actress and singer also going up in smoke (7)CHEROOT7Down17
Bird of prey (5)EAGLE5Down18
One defined by ‘scummy fellow’? (7)LOWLIFE7Down19
Iran (anag) (4)RAIN4Down19
Growly dog (5)HUSKY5Down22
Stumpy tail – ‘s pruned (4)SCUT4Down23
Test of popular opinion to the north (4)ORAL4Down24
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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Wednesday, July 8, 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.