Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - July 17, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 17, 2026
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Across
1.Threat to informer?15 letters9.Throw back nameless catch at sea7 letters10.Withdraw having committed a further offence as reported7 letters11.Newton going, ‘You shouldn’t point!’3 letters12.Previously keeping flashy eroticist very happy11 letters13.Mainly competent rating10 letters15.Knocked back the drink (over a gallon) for some considerable time4 letters18.Coming back discontented, negotiates very low price, a bargain4 letters20.US comedian put away for drugs in decline10 letters23.Loudly complain after sailors originally aboard leave port?11 letters25.Take main road around valley3 letters26.Neither partner recalled mentioning bread lines7 letters27.Flavouring from America is in demand7 letters28.What Telford had a lot of to attract Romeo – sex15 letters
Down
1.Youth is speaking about another: ‘Dickhead!’9 letters2.B-list occasionally spoken about is going round7 letters3.Singer Tom with suite trashed8 letters4.I get emotional about returning to London’s original theatre5 letters5.Long for a drink?9 letters6.Turn left, perhaps, after park entrance – positive?6 letters7.Complaining in bar7 letters8.Forces serviceman, might you say?5 letters14.Hit wicket – AUS 1 down (spinner finally bowled over)9 letters16.Synonyms to begin with: fly, go off, make a run for it9 letters17.Call service engineers initially for correction8 letters19.Less sensible son gets involved making little difference7 letters21.Current Republican leading on the surface is a moron7 letters22.A green revolution of sorts6 letters23.Make editor ultimately responsible for such columns5 letters24.Vlad’s past being ideal5 letters
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