The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 23 2026 Answers (7/23/26)

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The Guardian Cryptic Crossword July 23, 2026 Answers

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#	Clue
1A	Rubbish clothes, baggier with holes at intervals
5A	Wasted help, say, to get in trim
10A	Hungry feeling? Frier finally working
11A	Exercising, animate toes almost in sequence
12A	Cup from Scotland, or one from Hobart?
13A	Called out indecent state of the crew
14A	New magazine from US island
16A	Looking west, this elevated point used to measure height and circumference
17A	Peach burst open
19A	Beautiful girl whose twin perished
23A	Pope’s half genial proclamation
24A	The precise hour business is over, close up
26A	A couple of hairstyles, extremely smart feature of the Arctic
27A	In rage, black a source of energy
28A	Lousy payment for cartoon
29A	Hear about one record in a set of three
2D	Unyielding squad a man triumphantly arrests
3D	Fraudulent attempt to climb into conveyance
4D	Creators of digital protection are not just good friends?
6D	In base, extravagant to luxuriate in this?
7D	Spirited, transforming hotel into a place of culture
8D	Roast meat: like a bit of turkey?
9D	Being born again, robe outwardly in pink
15D	Fellow in community had injured brainstem
18D	Arrive before opening of park, and go back
20D	Bertie develops from bad to worse
21D	About to go off perhaps, indicating right
22D	Weirdo following one in poor visibility
25D	Brief description of timeless ballet dancing

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