Classic Crossword for Thursday 2 July 2026

The Classic Crossword published on Thursday 2 July 2026: a 15x15 crossword with 16 clues across and 18 down. Play it above at your own pace; past editions are practice and do not count towards the daily leaderboard. Every clue is listed below so you can solve on paper or check what you are up against.

Across

1. 1 Cause to fall over with a slight push (6)
2. 4 Animal that eats both plants and meat (8)
3. 10 Like a dense shrub (5)
4. 11 Remained the same or unaltered (9)
5. 12 Mother's mother, commonly (6)
6. 13 One who hears attentively (8)
7. 16 Feeling after a rigorous workout (4)
8. 17 Reaction to a stimulus (8)
9. 21 Legislative body of the United States (8)
10. 22 Minute insect (4)
11. 25 Furnished with necessary items or features (8)
12. 27 Unit of liquid measurement in the U.S. (6)
13. 29 Scold or chastise formally (9)
14. 31 NSW Central West town (5)
15. 32 Not a familiar person (8)
16. 33 Having a red flushed complexion (6)

Down

1. 1 Long narrow sled for snow (8)
2. 2 This nut comes from the Middle East and is often used in sweet dishes (9)
3. 3 Setting down, like bricks or eggs (6)
4. 5 Short for mackintosh raincoat (3)
5. 6 Lack of activity or intervention (8)
6. 7 Musical instrument (5)
7. 8 To tolerate or withstand with patience (6)
8. 9 Owing, as a bill (3)
9. 14 Demand with determination (6)
10. 15 Mourn a loss (6)
11. 18 Tall plant with yellow flowers and edible seeds used for oil (9)
12. 19 Ancient pyramid builder (8)
13. 20 Commonly accepted norm or measure (8)
14. 23 Remnants from a disaster (6)
15. 24 Call off or nullify (6)
16. 26 Top layer (5)
17. 28 Marketing briefs (3)
18. 30 Mimic (3)