Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - July 10, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 10, 2026
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Across
1.Drug supplier cut short proposal in church6 letters4.Comic character in yellow?6 letters9.Greek actress partly redirected Hollywood production?4 letters10.Poor US Feds demolished Fruit & Nuts?10 letters11.Peter Kay at last playing key characters again6 letters12.Briefly visited butcher’s next to Scottish city8 letters13.American making a comeback with bronze in former territory9 letters15.9 sailors from the East4 letters16.9 having afternoon in bed4 letters17.Great-niece unfortunately lacking the focus of Blake Lively9 letters21.Rock maybe cut mountain climber8 letters22.Rod Hull’s beginning to get into battered fries6 letters24.Austrian barman hiding half of national treasure in 910 letters25.Attila the Hun originally behind old curse4 letters26.Tennis player getting journalist stoned6 letters27.Joe Swash oddly hoarding article of Spanish treasure6 letters
Down
1.Member of nobility beheaded 9 in castle7 letters2.Imagined being a queen in fancy clothing5 letters3.Oriental festival ending in confusion7 letters5.Incentive rising in motor racing6 letters6.Old joke by judge giving pardon9 letters7.Mother has fixed idea about River Island7 letters8.ELO apparently created a bit of atmosphere13 letters14.Wooden bench with section removed for brewing accessory9 letters16.More than one whoopsie from Business Secretary’s empty threats about women7 letters18.Heart of Hugh Bonneville ultimately captured by fancy-free Paddington Bear?7 letters19.Imagines day in Rome includes scoff7 letters20.Wipe bum6 letters23.Finally calls 999?5 letters
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