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Evening Standard Crossword July 12 2018 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 12 2018 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 clues; every answer has been verified. Click any clue to see every answer it has ever had, across every publisher in our database.

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PeculiarityODDITY6Across1 Egg timerEASTER6Across4 Attack from hidingAMBUSH6Across4 StopperPLUG4Across5 Legendary loser who got the goldATALANTA8Across7 UnnaturalABNORMAL8Across7 Old-fashioned and formal about material mattersSTUFFY6Across8 Maker of menswearTAILOR6Across8 TrapSNARE5Across8 MournfulSAD3Across9 In frontAHEAD5Across10 ExpectantAGOG4Across10 Bind broken partsSTRAP5Across10 EggOVUM4Across11 HectorBULLY5Across12 Party, informallyRAVE4Across13 Familiar name for part of a motherboardHERB4Across13 Pitch tentsENCAMP6Across13 Cooking fatLARD4Across14 No longer the financial centreTHEN4Across14 A game of pool, possiblyPOLO4Across15 This placeHERE4Across15 PrecipitationDEW3Across16 Dry in next to no timeSEC3Across16 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across16 A piece of cake?SLAB4Across17 Precious stoneOPAL4Across17 NicheNOOK4Across18 UnguisNAIL4Across19 Yes, the Italian prison!JAIL4Across19 ConsumedATE3Across20 EarlyPREMATURE9Across21 Saintly contributor to military historyJOANOFARC9Across21 TreeASH3Across22 Fruit skinRIND4Across23 Resounded in the strangest wayRANG4Across23 RevolverGUN3Across23 At draughts, he's twice the man he wasKING4Across24 ValleyGLEN4Across24 Foot digitsTOES4Across24 RushedSPED4Across25 Such pay wouldn't be enough for Michael OwenLOW3Across26 GearwheelCOG3Across26 Completed deliveriesOVER4Across27 Look lasciviouslyLEER4Across27 DitherDAWDLE6Across28 Where to egg on the Surrey teamOVAL4Across29 BurdenONUS4Across29 SurroundBESET5Across30 When a notion can seem heartlessNOON4Across32 Magician's stickWAND4Across32 AimGOAL4Across32 It has a special door (for Johnny?)STAGE5Across33 TolledRANG4Across33 SuperciliousSNIDE5Across33 Take a more clement view about being on loanRELENT6Across34 BeverageTEA3Across34 PranceCAVORT6Across34 At the rest centre, journalists have nothing but coffeeESPRESSO8Across35 StaidSOBER5Across35 HuggedEMBRACED8Across35 Whence to arrange tours to Land's End?STROUD6Across36 ProfoundDEEP4Across36 Vulnerable, sensitiveTENDER6Across36 CribCRADLE6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Of a navyNAVAL5Down1 EjectedOUSTED6Down1 Character of the American in rich surroundingsFAUST5Down1 DevoteDEDICATE8Down2 RageANGER5Down2 Large African river or middle-sized English oneZAIRE5Down2 Temporary fireplace!CAMP4Down3 NetworkGRID4Down3 ShockTRAUMA6Down3 Stand a trainee at easeEASEL5Down4 Communion tableALTAR5Down4 AgonisedANGUISHED9Down4 ExtendPROLONG7Down5 French cheeseBRIE4Down5 What' s left is maybe bustSTUB4Down5 TaxLEVY4Down6 He could have engineered a file out of a piece of ferrous metalEIFFEL6Down6 Broad spadeSHOVEL6Down6 SportGAME4Down7 WeepSOB3Down8 Broad streetAVENUE6Down9 One prepared to work like a horse?TROJAN6Down9 WitchHAG3Down11 A southern English articleTHE3Down11 So Ann's going around with an old sailor!ANSON5Down12 DecorateADORN5Down12 In Belgium or America, a tramp has a name for itHOBOKEN7Down13 ConnectedRELATED7Down13 DaubedPLASTERED9Down14 Bad actorHAM3Down15 GainedWON3Down15 Is it for all-in cooking?PAN3Down15 Cease livingDIE3Down16 Yes Charlie, that quotation is accurateSIC3Down16 SerpentASP3Down17 Go on past Los Angeles and you'll find it very wetLAGOON6Down18 HawkerPEDLAR6Down18 Old-fashionedOUTDATED8Down19 Talk of a legendary ship lost at lastARGOT5Down20 BeerALE3Down20 Illegal burningARSON5Down20 Toothy talk?JAW3Down21 Farm animalPIG3Down21 CoverENVELOP7Down21 It grows in some parts of IrelandFIR3Down22 HillTOR3Down22 Maybe the rat took a ride to the theatre!RODENT6Down23 SpinROTATE6Down23 Unopened flowerBUD3Down25 Old Carthaginian witch?HAG3Down25 KnifeDAGGER6Down26 ComposedSEDATE6Down27 Go inENTER5Down28 Showed preference as to whom to give a seatVOTED5Down28 ElderlyAGED4Down29 Figure a London school to make French-style musicVALSE5Down30 BottomBASE4Down30 Female relativeNIECE5Down30 DispatchesSENDS5Down31 SailorTAR3Down31 The answer, perhaps, is distinctly sourLEMON5Down31 Being emperor was somewhat onerousNERO4Down32 Small forestWOOD4Down32 Arks can sail around it, but no motor cars!SARK4Down33 KindSORT4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing. If a clue looks familiar, open it — the same wording often runs in other puzzles with a different answer, and the clue page shows every version we have on record.