Guardian Quiptic Crossword
Guardian Quiptic Crossword Answers & Hints - July 26, 2026
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Puzzle date
July 26, 2026
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Clue index
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Across
1.Finn’s plot dividing the French and the German9 letters6.Comedian fine being embraced by Jeremy, half-cut5 letters9.Unconventionally teach fraud5 letters10.Topiary techniques essential in rural Australia9 letters11.President’s concealing scoundrel entertaining Royal (originally!) – they have an advantage10 letters12.Lay out banquet, perhaps, discounting a thousand – five hundred instead4 letters14.Posh Prada bag – cracking steal – one pound, finally negotiated bargain7 letters15.Soprano, endlessly irate, starts to inevitably abuse drink7 letters17.Gold passed time inside, did examinations7 letters19.Lazy movement of son borders on lacklustre after sulk7 letters20.Act tour Reno – what are the odds?!4 letters22.Might this keep you to time?10 letters25.Wee anaesthetist under the influence of drug9 letters26.Evenly sliced turnip cake technique5 letters27.Spirit without alcohol astonishingly delicious initially5 letters28.Warship does retry manoeuvring9 letters
Down
1.Mostly tongue it, that’s allowed5 letters2.Rude GP, Jed, erroneously made assumptions without facts9 letters3.Oil up toast, dished out for robot drivers?10 letters4.Expert soft touch with hot Australian knight on date7 letters5.Remains buried in structures I’d established7 letters6.Sailor’s a card!4 letters7.Church centre picked up rascal5 letters8.Get revenge when rump consumed by diner is thrown up9 letters13.One asking questions in RoI quits after collapsing10 letters14.Full of courage, he rented a ground9 letters16.Engineers: 40 patrols provided to increase security again9 letters18.Lady-in-waiting hauled up over case of nicked jewel7 letters19.Work out, including cardio circuit exercise, principally achieving the goal7 letters21.Run! Headless Egyptian corpse’s game5 letters23.One thrusting into stud?5 letters24.Got wind of missing Republican leader4 letters
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Solve Guardian Quiptic without losing the thread
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Are these answers for July 26, 2026?
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