Guardian Cryptic Crossword
Guardian Cryptic Crossword Answers & Hints - July 14, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 14, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
7.Part of Arsenal’s business includes ability to discern pitch7 letters8.Rees-Zammit, say, and his team that once ruled 37 letters9.Residence permit is in state4 letters10.Consent to split – basis for a good divorce?9 letters12.Setter takes refuge in scrum5 letters13.Limp, missing heel?8 letters15.Mowgli – a rebel part for storyteller4 letters16.The French cataclysm comes after a promise betrayed – 8’s not bothered?5 letters17.With strike, filming is finished now4 letters18.Served red, red wine (WI abstaining) to get plastered8 letters20.King’s claim on the throne – Charlie overwhelmed by confounded steam toilet5 letters21.Brought a bit of fun to number, as it happens, in desperate need9 letters22.Overturn internationally accepted code of conduct?4 letters24.A smile follows church discontent7 letters25.See 207 letters
Down
1.Kissogram in Ireland hides dress4 letters2.One who flogs deranged 15 with tree8 letters3.Republic not quite free to include liberation movement6 letters4.Weird DNA seen in indifferent society scoundrels8 letters5.Inherited nearly everything after occupation6 letters6.Retirement no longer PC, etc4 letters11.US tint – a measure of rank for one from Aspen or Boulder9 letters12.See 16 Across5 letters14.Surprise when viscous substance covers street? Just the reverse5 letters16.Dismissal of one in Euro VAR review8 letters17.Swimwear fits after spine removed8 letters19.See 16 Across6 letters20.Split pea reversed the German food chain6 letters21.Trace oche awkwardly4 letters23.Party or 6?4 letters
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