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Evening Standard Crossword July 15 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 15 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 131 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#
DrainSEWER5Across3 All certain it's conducive to healthWHOLESOME9Across9 BurrowTUNNEL6Across9 EasilyHANDSDOWN9Across9 MeddleINTERFERE9Across10 TeeterWOBBLE6Across10 Having pages missing, doesn't includeLEAVESOUT9Across10 RelaxedEASED5Across11 ImitatedAPED4Across12 Require that you acceptTAKE4Across12 ExpensiveDEAR4Across12 A very cold draught?BITTER6Across13 HarshSEVERE6Across13 For the clue, try to make an anagram from "canteen"CUTLERY7Across14 CorridorPASSAGE7Across14 ColourPUCE4Across15 CataractWATERFALL9Across15 Waiting in a state of suspense?HANGINGON9Across15 RivalCONTENDER9Across17 WedMARRIED7Across17 Insist, by the way, that I turned up behind timeSTIPULATE9Across17 Almost becoming a candidate when you act as substitute forSTANDIN7Across18 RefuseDECLINE7Across18 KeenREDHOT6Across19 Scrounge from, to get something for the bathroomSPONGE6Across19 BrownTAN3Across20 MarkSPOT4Across20 Most of this is about a nationalityTHAI4Across20 FrogmanDIVER5Across21 GatheredCOLLECTED9Across23 Canter about in the end, delightedENTRANCED9Across23 SnareTRAP4Across23 Having consulted together about, awarded toCONFERRED9Across25 Not peopledUNSETTLED9Across25 EssenceGIST4Across25 Rushed towards, againTORE4Across26 MeasureACRE4Across26 CheatedDUPED5Across26 StreakSMUDGE6Across27 Puts back by one day, which is foolishSTUPID6Across27 OwnsHAS3Across28 We're told to leave the courseDESSERT7Across29 Soft soapFLATTER7Across29 SwelledDILATED7Across30 CheeseLEICESTER9Across32 Copy but make it smaller, for fitting insideREPRODUCE9Across32 SingerALTO4Across33 DeformedMISSHAPEN9Across34 Strong tea brewed for the VIPPOTENTATE9Across34 PupilSTUDENT7Across35 Managing to get liquefiedRUNNING7Across35 AncestryLINE4Across35 UrchinGAMIN5Across36 PossessingOWNING6Across36 Joins up with the Latin senor wandering aboutENROLS6Across36 NoughtZERO4Across37 Search for, on the crestCOMB4Across37 HardenedINURED6Across38 DisregardsOVERLOOKS9Across38 The role of the dwarf?SMALLPART9Across38 HypocriticalINSINCERE9Across39 FreshestNEWEST6Across39 Guarantee the confidence classes give of providing it?ASSURANCE9Across39 CombineMERGE5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Changes whipsSWITCHES8Down1 FollowedSHADOWED8Down1 VapourSTEAM5Down1 SpeciallyINPARTICULAR12Down2 Minding, or keeping an eye on, subsequentlyLOOKINGAFTER12Down2 BuryINTER5Down2 BearTOLERATE8Down3 Improving at making a stage entranceCOMINGON8Down3 ObserveSEE3Down3 IllUNWELL6Down4 Continued with "Not new! Making a comeback"WENTON6Down4 ExhilaratedELATED6Down4 PitcherEWER4Down5 Shut upSILENCED8Down5 Not having it in for the ItalianALFRESCO8Down5 WandROD3Down6 Understanding it's being snagged byCATCHINGON10Down6 WonderfulSTUPENDOUS10Down6 ConcerningABOUT5Down7 Be at and drink from mugsBEATSUP7Down7 CupboardDRESSER7Down7 NumberSEVEN5Down8 Deny habits have been formed that won't goSTAYBEHIND10Down8 FamousCELEBRATED10Down8 A ball game played to the letterOMEGA5Down11 AntelopeELAND5Down11 IncompletePARTIAL7Down13 FearDREAD5Down14 Dining roomCANTEEN7Down16 LiftedRAISED6Down16 The foreigner is at home and I have gone outINDIAN6Down16 CubedDICED5Down18 A small notice in blueSAD3Down19 FixPEG3Down19 StickROD3Down19 What there are in the paddock when one's clowningHORSESAROUND12Down21 CriticisePULLTOPIECES12Down21 EmulateRIVAL5Down22 Sprinkle onto the dish, when one's messing aboutSEASON6Down22 JoinATTACH6Down22 DanceCHARLESTON10Down23 A project that requires boldness and energyENTERPRISE10Down23 Did he get the lash for stealing?CATBURGLAR10Down24 WhelpPUP3Down24 EnticementTEMPTATION10Down24 The fish do get caught risingCOD3Down25 EmployUSE3Down25 EatingDINING6Down27 CustomHABIT5Down28 CreatureDORMOUSE8Down28 Gives one about ten folded newspapersPRESENTS8Down28 Of uncertain age and without a boyfriendDATELESS8Down29 FatSTOUT5Down29 StrongholdFASTNESS8Down29 Is afraid when Lester collapses and gets the doctor inTREMBLES8Down30 RehearsesRUNSOVER8Down30 WearyTIRED5Down31 Leave the stream followed by a big animalGORILLA7Down31 ShowsREVEALS7Down31 DemiseDEATH5Down32 AccustomINURE5Down33 It's a woolly toy, dad, and stuffedPANDA5Down33 Left the beer unfinished, at the entrancePORTAL6Down34 InsectMANTIS6Down34 PaleFADE4Down34 JewelGEM3Down36 BornNEE3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 15, 2022. 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.