The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 20 2026 Answers (7/20/26)

Our The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 20, 2026 answers guide should help you finish today’s crossword if you’ve found yourself stuck on a crossword clue.

The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 20, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
8A	Nick and Henry Bird (4-4)
9A	Pink cattle pen? Not right!
10A	Articulated fruit is not fair
11A	Left and right wings of party turn back, collapsing into ruin
12A	Hair loss ultimately comes before anxiety
14A	Are fired (sacked), being thin
16A	Herald’s power decline
18A	Hearing of pub expedition, neighbours start off
21A	Panels damaged – try pitch
23A	Dialect reveals smooth love lives
24A	Kid’s rental bike fixed (5-5)
26A	Bottle essential parts
27A	Crew strive to get leader replaced
28A	Shrewd US composer making records
1D	Tough comedian without name
2D	Just a second to remove top? Doubtful
3D	A core island sun god
4D	Depend on getting in support for a music genre
5D	Wizard at foot of elder tree
6D	Fig, pear almost turn out to be the possible basis of fad diet
7D	Chestnut one replaced with ring for crop protection
13D	Drugs defence involving college that’s associated with Houdini
15D	Stand for election (ironic) and get through all the booze
17D	See 15
19D	Game of kiss and tell, perhaps, with time for Latin
20D	Poet’s wife and enforcer
22D	Twin drying aid, lidless
23D	Devout, bawdy and buccaneering
25D	Ram’s a laughing-stock
26D	Easy: massive return with little initially invested