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Evening Standard Crossword July 16 2021 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 16 2021 answers. The Friday 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#
RegardESTEEM6Across1 ViewASPECT6Across5 RecreationPASTIME7Across8 AttendancePRESENCE8Across8 Nails and studs may be required for themCOLLARS7Across8 AbsentAWAY4Across9 Don't have to leave the buildingGOWITHOUT9Across9 KillingSLAUGHTER9Across9 GuidedLED3Across10 FearDREAD5Across12 Fire-raisingARSON5Across13 Urge in the papersPRESS5Across13 ScopeRANGE5Across14 To sleep in it would be inappropriateINAPT5Across14 Slowly writing the name of an Italian poetANDANTE7Across15 RefugeRETREAT7Across15 FixedSET3Across15 BagHOLDALL7Across16 Going round and sounding the alarmRINGING7Across16 WeirdEERIE5Across17 StrayERR3Across17 One animal of some wandering round in itMOOSE5Across17 FruitGRAPE5Across18 SkillART3Across18 Frown, even more depressedLOWER5Across18 OceanSEA3Across19 KeenEAGER5Across20 A campaign to get people to use the roadsDRIVE5Across20 SwiftRAPID5Across20 SickILL3Across21 MadINSANE6Across22 Feeling the effects of fastHUNGRY6Across22 LoiterLAG3Across22 With one again in the old environmentAGREED6Across23 FishEEL3Across23 CabHANSOM6Across23 AbroadOUT3Across24 Use up the money once feeding aboutCONSUME7Across25 ChatterPRATTLE7Across25 RateSPEED5Across26 ExcellentTOPHOLE7Across27 Hold and look closely at a tin, shaking itCONTAIN7Across27 BalladLAY3Across29 RedCHERRY6Across30 By trapping the water, showing to be intelligentBRAINY6Across30 Pester to rescind the dismissalKEEPON6Across31 CompositionSONATA6Across31 Quote aloud a lotSIGHT5Across32 GameCHESS5Across32 StupefySTUN4Across33 InterrogateQUESTION8Across34 Given a start, also increase in sizeSWELL5Across35 ComaTRANCE6Across35 ConfuseADDLE5Across35 ObjectiveTARGET6Across36 When it's good and hot outside, leaveHOPIT5Across36 MaterialLINEN5Across36 Needing help, having gone to earthINAHOLE7Across37 LightLANTERN7Across37 To the extent that one's battling stillINSOFAR7Across39 BoatCORACLE7Across39 Colour of the flowerCREAM5Across41 FreightCARGO5Across41 Make a hole in and stuffDRILL5Across42 EdgeSIDLE5Across42 How long it took for your fears to be dissipatedFOURYEARS9Across43 DogRETRIEVER9Across43 MeritDESERVE7Across44 The nudes dancing round the two big-heads are cold-shoulderedSNUBBED7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Appears to be a lure, or enticementCOMEON6Down1 DecorationTASSEL6Down1 One about to spill, clumsily, something in the cupboardALLSPICE8Down2 FlagSTANDARD8Down2 RushSURGE5Down2 IrelandEMERALDISLE11Down3 Pity it is that onions are such a nuisance to peelCRYINGSHAME11Down3 OtherwiseELSE4Down3 PlanBLUEPRINT9Down4 CollierMINER5Down4 Relax. Just tell the dog not to damage your slippersDONTWORRY9Down4 StadiumARENA5Down5 Talks of having one infiltrate the thievesPIRATES7Down5 FractionQUARTER7Down5 PicturePHOTOGRAPH10Down6 Give some information on the outhouse livingSHEDALIGHT10Down6 SchemePLAN4Down6 Getting a shock when you go roundTURN4Down7 PresentHERE4Down7 YearnCRAVE5Down7 RelationFATHER6Down10 LariatLASSO5Down10 Didn't destroy the water-colourSPARED6Down10 GreatINTENSE7Down11 TradedDEALT5Down11 Red that has cream mixed in with itCARMINE7Down11 BrookSTREAM6Down12 LeesDREGS5Down12 Are embarrassed about having being raised byREARED6Down12 BirdEAGLE5Down13 ChallengedDARED5Down14 StationarySTILL5Down15 AgreeTALLY5Down16 This Willow may be sadWEEPING7Down19 PardonABSOLVE7Down19 One only, at the inside, you leave severely aloneISOLATE7Down21 AugurPORTEND7Down21 A noise you hear in your head though not madSOUNDINMIND11Down24 OpenlyFORALLTOSEE11Down24 SpeakUTTER5Down25 SixtyTHREESCORE10Down26 One way to describe what a bachelor eatsSINGLEFARE10Down26 AnnoyancePIQUE5Down27 Be on point dutyKEEPSCORE9Down28 HappeningEVENT5Down28 JoinedCONNECTED9Down28 Saw the son shotSPOTTED7Down29 Social conductMANNERS7Down29 AscendedAROSE5Down30 OpportunityCHANCE6Down30 Move or be going to moveBESTIR6Down30 SoonANON4Down31 Adheres to what one said and is available when neededSTANDSBY8Down32 ContainerCANISTER8Down32 AgitateSTIR4Down32 He sings three timesTREBLE6Down33 VocalistSINGER6Down33 Delighted when the child has a bad dreamCHARMED7Down34 ChangedALTERED7Down34 VegetableENDIVE6Down38 Show over, having left one insideOLIVER6Down38 A crack in the pictureSHOT4Down40 PlantREED4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 16, 2021. 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.