Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - July 24, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 24, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Rubbish clothes, baggier with holes at intervals7 letters5.Wasted help, say, to get in trim7 letters10.Hungry feeling? Frier finally working4 letters11.Exercising, animate toes almost in sequence10 letters12.Cup from Scotland, or one from Hobart?6 letters13.Called out indecent state of the crew8 letters14.New magazine from US island9 letters16.Looking west, this elevated point used to measure height and circumference5 letters17.Peach burst open5 letters19.Beautiful girl whose twin perished9 letters23.Pope’s half genial proclamation8 letters24.The precise hour business is over, close up6 letters26.A couple of hairstyles, extremely smart feature of the Arctic10 letters27.In rage, black a source of energy4 letters28.Lousy payment for cartoon7 letters29.Hear about one record in a set of three7 letters
Down
2.Unyielding squad a man triumphantly arrests7 letters3.Fraudulent attempt to climb into conveyance5 letters4.Creators of digital protection are not just good friends?7 letters6.In base, extravagant to luxuriate in this?6 letters7.Spirited, transforming hotel into a place of culture9 letters8.Roast meat: like a bit of turkey?7 letters9.Being born again, robe outwardly in pink13 letters15.Fellow in community had injured brainstem9 letters18.Arrive before opening of park, and go back7 letters20.Bertie develops from bad to worse7 letters21.About to go off perhaps, indicating right7 letters22.Weirdo following one in poor visibility6 letters25.Brief description of timeless ballet dancing5 letters
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