The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 2 2026 Answers (7/2/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 2, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Writer playing along with EU
5A	As corsets are spiked all over
9A	Master goldsmith’s lead file
10A	Is cricketer able to provide a handy means of access for consumers? (3-6)
11A	You won’t see board members taking part in this criminal bloc’s NHS fiddle
12A	See 11
13A	Ruddy good to get in a depressed state!
15A	Evening: almost time to collapse
18A	Department head is getting recognition? Rubbish!
19A	Right wants a familiar ex-PM judged
21A	Police state can’t, without a new study of underground movement?
23A	See 21
25A	Top grade rations ordered by advanced health centres
26A	Gathering close to Gulf Stream
27A	A cross between tense and loose, as, say, kid’s clothing is (3-4)
28A	Old king protecting (or regressing) fledgling colony
1D	In which X often appears with a broken leg support
2D	Happy soul dancing round Ireland’s top flower
3D	Was wolf-like lecturer against journalist’s opinion piece?
4D	Like a single draughts piece – 100 now under review
5D	Scored, though showing signs of age!
6D	Test player, international, opens another player’s electrical store
7D	Poet’s slowish to drop a name
8D	Country’s introducing a Latin examination
14D	China might be after this line-up – open secret
16D	Billionaire accepts new car ‘hard to break in’
17D	Maybe Titian or Turner’s main form of grinding
18D	Pledge from would-be MP – dregs!
20D	One’s place in Doris’s show?
22D	Seize one with leader ousted in a new vote
23D	Wrong end of the dish
24D	Tender and even more sickly?

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