Guardian Prize Crossword
Guardian Prize Crossword Answers & Hints - July 4, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 4, 2026
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July 4, 2026JUL 04
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Clue index
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Across
1.Spies admitting author’s missing the first tests8 letters5.Country dictator’s honoured after Posh and principally Scary Spice’s gallery opening6 letters9.See drain broken facing the kerb8 letters10.See 56 letters12.Bats get in palace restaurant perhaps11 letters15.Book Christmas drinks – vodka at the start5 letters17.One with no issue is invalid sitting next to one short diver9 letters18.Old are with mother, describing operation where hangings occur9 letters19.Chart Viagra Pharmaceuticals supplies5 letters20.Month with City helping to make announcement11 letters24.Avoided crazy duel with journalist6 letters25.Possessions: last of batteries including that is …8 letters26.… 11 ones easy to charge6 letters27.Their ten bananas or bakers’ 128 letters
Down
1.See 2210 letters2.To stop from working during start of play, 5 brew tea10 letters3.Directions for European city5 letters4.Trendy state with former vice-president accepting objective is home rule12 letters6.Smashing knight, as bachelor, is having a chat9 letters7.Babies’ fingers4 letters8.Depressed about Charles the Second ruin4 letters11.Bloody selfish Officer Commanding hospital seen in ancient Scottish settlement12 letters13.Cool, a jerk I almost recognise gets to become obsessive10 letters14.Seize and confirm10 letters16.Lamela discontented with strip’s cleaner9 letters21.Fling mail that’s not readable on the front5 letters22.Quiet men in line can initially start getting excited for significant anniversary4 letters23.See 224 letters
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