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Evening Standard Crossword July 12 2026 Answers

Sunday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 12 2026 answers. The Sunday puzzle has 132 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#
MeltsTHAWS5Across3 Natural cause of hard waterFROST5Across3 AdhereSTICK5Across4 SlumberingASLEEP6Across7 Showing delicacy and charm when left in a fine messELFIN5Across8 HoodsCOWLS5Across8 StriveVIE3Across9 MarryWED3Across10 Wild animalHYENA5Across10 Put pressure on more than everLEVER5Across10 Prohibition drinking place!BAR3Across11 MeadowLEA3Across11 Been lying, on the quiet, as is obviousPLAIN5Across12 LureTEMPT5Across12 Landed estateMANOR5Across12 HandleKNOB4Across13 He serves to denote a hairstylePAGEBOY7Across13 ConsecratedBLESSED7Across13 Dressed as one did first thing this morningGOTUP5Across15 InventoriesLISTS5Across15 ReadjustedRESET5Across15 DisappearVANISH6Across17 A soldierly measure?MIL3Across18 ToddlerTOT3Across18 Her sin is to spoil a holy placeSHRINE6Across19 GreetHAIL4Across19 Pass byELAPSE6Across19 PresentTHERE5Across20 FreedomLIBERTY7Across21 Administer in a way not allowed by the policeMETEOUT7Across21 Man's nameERIC4Across22 To spill a nip can hurt!PAIN4Across22 BeakerCUP3Across22 Jump and have sport on the piste, initiallySKIP4Across23 RelativeAUNT4Across23 Part of a chairARMREST7Across24 ErasedDELETED7Across24 Choose a chap something sourPICKLES7Across24 CondescendsDEIGNS6Across26 Carnal love in a trice, perhapsEROTIC6Across26 FellowDON3Across27 FragranceAROMA5Across28 DozeNAP3Across29 Don't starve in the attic!EAT3Across29 Artist's right to be rude, possibly?DURER5Across31 FlanksSIDES5Across31 PressIRON4Across31 Tough, hard-hearted couple, AmericanARDUOUS7Across32 WearinessFATIGUE7Across32 WorshippedADORED6Across33 RotateTWIRL5Across34 Where a standard exists for gaiety?PARIS5Across34 In the theatre, it's next to the pianoPIT3Across35 DecomposeROT3Across35 CommandORDER5Across35 A diminutive girl takes it in chargeDEBIT5Across36 Theatrical entertainmentREVUE5Across36 The force behind a current movementVOLTS5Across37 BroadenWIDEN5Across37 DroopWILT4Across37 OverABOVE5Across38 ChatterPRATE5Across38 Check the Spanish in timeDELAY5Across38 BarrierDAM3Across39 FinishEND3Across41 SpiritsLIQUOR6Across42 TradedDEALT5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
English saint, but foreign to Ian!ALBAN5Down1 StupidityFOLLY5Down1 PackagePACKET6Down1 They can go to blazes!FIREMEN7Down2 StretchyELASTIC7Down2 NicheALCOVE6Down2 CutHEW3Down3 ChiefHEAD4Down4 LocationSITE4Down4 Count on getting a heartless replyRELY4Down4 CogsTEETH5Down5 EntirelyWHOLLY6Down5 Not much spare?SLIGHT6Down5 PepperCAPSICUM8Down6 Figure to get some work as a singerTENOR5Down6 CountrySYRIA5Down6 Started to live with a killerBEGUN5Down7 Joins closelyKNITS5Down7 FairyPERI4Down8 TinyWEE3Down9 Did a thief-trainer take this schoolboy in?FAG3Down9 DroppedDESCENDED9Down11 A Pole figures in argument or controversyPOLEMIC7Down12 Shooting starsMETEORS7Down12 WeepSOB3Down14 PoetBARD4Down14 Possibly rare piece to eat?BIT3Down14 ClosedSHUT4Down16 Marks made by small creaturesTICKS5Down16 NozzleSPOUT5Down16 Looks like Samuel?PEEPS5Down17 Begin workingSETTO5Down17 RequireNEED4Down18 The absorbing things that come up in the garden?SUCKERS7Down19 EverlastingETERNAL7Down19 Dispersed pieces with celerity!SPEED5Down20 Unwelcome plantsWEEDS5Down20 Start mining gold in a small wayMINOR5Down21 AwfulHORRIBLE8Down21 FuriousLIVID5Down21 FruitPEAR4Down23 Pain relieverASPIRIN7Down23 One's put out of order when attackedSETUPON7Down23 Not a good sailorPIRATE6Down24 SolutionANSWER6Down24 BurdenLOAD4Down25 Left a note for the boyLAD3Down25 ConsumeEAT3Down25 SketchedDREW4Down26 Those of an Australian game?RULES5Down27 Sea duckEIDER5Down27 Ted's out to be pious and warmTEPID5Down28 Rise to one's feetGETUP5Down28 HatefulODIOUS6Down29 DressATTIRE6Down30 ExternalOUTER5Down30 Targets someone who's never drunk in a vehicleBUTTS5Down30 FreshNOVEL5Down32 Character to help with heavy heartAIDA4Down32 WorryFRET4Down32 Liquid in the boilerOIL3Down33 DeityGOD3Down33 SpokenORAL4Down34 TearRENT4Down36 CombineMIX3Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Sunday, July 12, 2026. 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.