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Evening Standard Crossword July 16 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 16 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
ClassesGENERA6Across1 CommendationPRAISE6Across4 Ultimately very loud refusalREBUFF6Across4 SewSTITCH6Across5 Clothes closetWARDROBE8Across7 Not much to pay to prowl around on the rinkLOWPRICE8Across7 Capital letters for a feverish complaintPRAGUE6Across8 NeuralgiaSCIATICA8Across8 Counting frameABACUS6Across8 GemstoneONYX4Across9 Ascend note by note?SCALE5Across10 SpriteELF3Across10 Star signARIES5Across10 MoveBUDGE5Across12 An act defended heartlesslyDEED4Across13 QuarryPREY4Across13 LilliputianTINY4Across14 Goodbye, twins!TATA4Across14 HairlessBALD4Across15 Wherein, sheepishly, to give up playing cards?FOLD4Across15 MatRUG3Across15 Name one twiceIAN3Across16 Tennis shotLOB3Across16 Castor is a heavenly oneTWIN4Across17 Bring upREAR4Across17 LubricateOIL3Across17 ImitateAPE3Across18 Reason to ring?CALL4Across19 DenLAIR4Across19 ScullOAR3Across19 ExpectAWAIT5Across20 Marble building with government offices?WHITEHALL9Across21 Terrifying dreamNIGHTMARE9Across21 WonderAWE3Across21 LettuceCOS3Across22 The point at the timeTHEN4Across23 FinishEND3Across23 Active or energetic personDOER4Across23 TitleNAME4Across24 ColourHUE3Across24 Look – there’s an opening for an egghead!GAPE4Across24 CoachTRAIN5Across26 Young goatKID3Across26 Furthermore comes to nothingTOO3Across26 The ultramarine part is “electric”TRAM4Across27 Water jugEWER4Across27 UnguisNAIL4Across29 Uncommunicative creature?CLAM4Across29 LongingYEN3Across29 Have the idea the price is a quidFEEL4Across32 OperatorUSER4Across32 Cheap fish?SKATE5Across33 BorderEDGE4Across33 EmblemBADGE5Across33 To be safe, check out the dogSECURE6Across34 WholenessENTIRETY8Across34 Funeral carHEARSE6Across34 Find something compact – excessively!DISCOVER8Across35 GhastlyGRISLY6Across35 Become liquidDISSOLVE8Across35 Nobby typesNOBLES6Across36 CreaseRUMPLE6Across36 Strain, emphasisSTRESS6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
PerspireSWEAT5Down1 How to say dammit when you’ve got the wind upBLAST5Down1 To coachTRAIN5Down2 SurpassEXCEL5Down2 Personal issue of saline solutionSWEAT5Down2 At liberty to make no chargeFREE4Down3 CheeseEDAM4Down3 Plant typeIRIS4Down3 Dance round the piano, then drive offREPEL5Down4 FarewellADIEU5Down4 Oyster’s gemPEARL5Down4 Pitt the very much younger?BRAD4Down5 JargonSLANG5Down5 OffAWAY4Down5 Economical fur, perhaps, for the girlFRUGAL6Down6 PressIRON4Down6 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Down6 RodentCOYPU5Down7 Padre upset about Charlie being Military PoliceREDCAP6Down9 MayhemBEDLAM6Down9 EraEPOCH5Down10 Mechanical part of a bridge?CAM3Down11 MightFORCE5Down11 Chest boneRIB3Down11 Machine able to provide endless health?LATHE5Down12 Eagle’s nestEYRIE5Down12 ExplosionBLAST5Down12 A golden part of Ireland?DONEGAL7Down13 PlayDRAMA5Down13 Ally, companionPARTNER7Down13 ConsumedEATEN5Down14 In the south of Italy, it’s perfectly properFIT3Down15 Expression of disgustBAH3Down15 PromptREADY5Down15 VerdantGREEN5Down16 In poor health, the Italian leftILL3Down16 FalsehoodLIE3Down16 It’s not every season that brings some new interestWINTER6Down18 ExitEGRESS6Down18 Smart version of the nameALECK5Down20 StadiumARENA5Down20 Question of world interest?WHO3Down21 Signal agreementNOD3Down21 Performer a bit near the bone?HAM3Down22 SpoilMAR3Down22 StraightforwardDIRECT6Down23 Guided excessively around townTOLEDO6Down23 BeneathUNDER5Down25 Show a consuming interest in thingsEAT3Down25 HairpieceWIG3Down25 ShrillREEDY5Down27 Unwelcome plantsWEEDS5Down28 Reads, we hear, the instrumental partsREEDS5Down28 BuryINTER5Down28 ConfuseADDLE5Down30 PraiseEXTOL5Down30 Grub said to come up hot!LARVA5Down30 PriseLEVER5Down31 MuddleMESS4Down31 Like Andrew, happy as LarryMERRY5Down31 A strong impulseURGE4Down32 To us, it can be useful for keeping goingFUEL4Down32 SpruceTRIM4Down32 Something striking to wear?SOCK4Down33 GafferBOSS4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 16, 2020. 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.