Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - July 27, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 27, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Extremely boring oldster is young after treatment14 letters9.Woman needs a large beer delivered7 letters10.Less smooth piece of sugar? That is right7 letters11.Warning sound from half grey bird5 letters12.Threatening little devil with termination9 letters13.Democrat, very eager, occasionally pure rabble-rouser9 letters14.PM, or less important office5 letters15.Tennis champion finally quit hard work5 letters17.US state’s old university is covered in creeper9 letters20.Branch manager may put this up for children’s play9 letters22.What one can get from really rich poem5 letters23.Better prepared to fail in the end7 letters24.The last to leave doomed ship, a drama queen7 letters25.Financial claim as tense test drive crashed14 letters
Down
1.Anticlimactic account of oversexed pet?14 letters2.What to wear in college class7 letters3.Cabin shutter so easy to pick up?9 letters4.What you are doing is very caring, nothing omitted7 letters5.Sink back asleep, shattered after run7 letters6.The old folks land5 letters7.Inquisitively touring island, while playing loud music?7 letters8.Grim from the start, hearing cantor messing up old music14 letters14.Stole time for fixing Christmas decoration9 letters16.Declare period of history unexceptional7 letters17.Museum cooled at last, given openings for air7 letters18.Left you to tidy up7 letters19.Missing some gear, rang emporium to order7 letters21.Raise anchor: I contributed5 letters
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