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The Guardian Crossword July 9 2026 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 68 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the The Guardian Crossword July 9 2026 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 68 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#
Commoner (3,6)JOEBLOGGS9Across1 Modified missile they compare (not literally) (7)SIMILES7Across1 Biological bag (3)SAC3Across1 ___ goals (5)SQUAD5Across4 For Americans, field that’s extremely hard (7)DIAMOND7Across5 ‘No idea, pal’ (5)DUNNO5Across6 Not pi (anag) – mountaineer’s spike (5)PITON5Across7 Mad-cow disease (3)BSE3Across8 Rang (anag) (4)GRAN4Across8 Rowdy drinker (5,4)LAGERLOUT9Across9 Last part of book, perhaps, some find exciting (5)INDEX5Across9 Respondents, as can be seen, covering all points about right (9)ANSWERERS9Across10 Chew (4)GNAW4Across10 Recalling upset about drug producing bad reaction (10)ALLERGENIC10Across11 Arsenal’s example of this weapon (4)CLUB4Across12 Power (5)MIGHT5Across13 They help thieves steal handbags etc. (11)ACCESSORIES11Across14 US snack? (3,3)HOTDOG6Across15 Brass band sound (6)OOMPAH6Across16 Lease out leased-out property (6)SUBLET6Across17 Like life as simple as possible? I’ll run a clue that’s convoluted (11)UNICELLULAR11Across18 If dart (anag) (6)ADRIFT6Across19 Juggernaut (5)LORRY5Across20 Soccer goalkeeper goofed thus (once in each half) (4)ERGO4Across21 Young bovine animal (4)CALF4Across21 Volume in English about an isolated regime (10)QUARANTINE10Across22 Implausibly large number (9)SQUILLION9Across24 Stuff (4)SATE4Across25 Following one action of union, embracing it (9)IMITATING9Across25 All one’s got (5,4)LEVELBEST9Across26 Succeeding with a more stern position? (5)AFTER5Across26 Last of aging female’s family that may be prepared to help in a pickle (7)GHERKIN7Across27 Beautiful woman performs without love in theatre part (7)GODDESS7Across28

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Bias added to a line in personal kind of column (6)SPINAL6Down1 Word for a firework usually preceded by ‘damp’ (5)SQUIB5Down1 Waist hit when batting – precisely (6)MIDDLE6Down2 Relatives feared by Bertie Wooster (5)AUNTS5Down2 Tolerable (4)OKAY4Down2 Light narrow open boat propelled by paddling (5)CANOE5Down3 Heard you and I ruled tax out of order, had it very easy (10)LUXURIATED10Down3 Pastrami meat (4)BEEF4Down3 North Sea construction? (3,3)OILRIG6Down4 Tool that’s sharp but may be said to be blunt (5)SPADE5Down4 Antecedent of the Lib Dems (3)SDP3Down4 Cowboy (6)GAUCHO6Down5 Firing careless shot might result in this (9)DISMISSAL9Down5 Mafia boss (3)DON3Down5 F1 event (5,4)GRANDPRIX9Down6 Perfectly performed in most social classes (4)ACED4Down6 Covered as a learner, I drove erratically (8)OVERLAID8Down7 Fairy tale (4,5)SNOWWHITE9Down7 A coach secured by side in disarray? Correct (8)DISABUSE8Down8 Scientist (9)PHYSICIST9Down11 Secureness (9)STABILITY9Down12 It takes several horses to move it inches? (4-2-4)FOURINHAND10Down13 Replica (5)MODEL5Down13 Today (anag) (5)TOADY5Down14 Complicity in conflict, having change of heart (9)COLLUSION9Down15 Being promoted on board – for French, that upset good number (8)QUEENING8Down16 Faction supporting gang in area close to fighting (8)RINGSIDE8Down17 Force causing rotation (6)TORQUE6Down18 Short rhyme for it will, when spoken quickly (6)LITTLE6Down19 Draw in (6)ARRIVE6Down19 Emoji used by wooer in suit (6)HEARTS6Down20 Globule – The ___ (cult film of 1958) (4)BLOB4Down22 Once more restrict speech, for example in newspaper (5)REGAG5Down23 Throw casually (4)TOSS4Down23 Device for lifting injured hill-climber (4)JACK4Down24

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This page lists every clue and answer from the The Guardian crossword published on Thursday, July 9, 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.