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Evening Standard Crossword July 17 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 17 2023 answers. The Monday 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#
EntranceMOUTH5Across1 FishSALMON6Across4 The post room?OFFICE6Across4 ScratchedSCORED6Across5 Unreasonably to thrust poets into the CID is simply tyrannicDESPOTIC8Across7 AltercationARGUMENT8Across7 RotaROSTER6Across8 InspectionAUDIT5Across8 It can have scope for broadening one's viewsCINEMA6Across8 Presidential name on a manuscriptADAMS5Across10 DensLAIRS5Across10 SofaSETTEE6Across10 AlwaysEVER4Across11 Could she give you a hot time?JUNE4Across13 FathersDADS4Across13 Girl's nameTINA4Across14 TinyMINUTE6Across14 Special knowledge of a new roleLORE4Across14 Military capKEPI4Across15 Was Catherine a standard redhead?PARR4Across15 DeceiveMISLEAD7Across15 Be indebted toOWE3Across16 Scandinavian version of 'Leo'?OLE3Across16 PodiumDAIS4Across17 Electric feature of extramarital affairsTRAM4Across17 FishEEL3Across18 It's nothing for half the family to be unctuousOILY4Across19 Norway's capitalOSLO4Across19 SummitTOP3Across19 Writing of a hard up workerSHORTHAND9Across21 Serve this with lambMINTSAUCE9Across21 NotchDENT4Across21 SingerTENOR5Across23 Twelve inchesFOOT4Across23 The mere suggestion of endlessly bad saints is fishy!BASS4Across23 General secretary's funny ideaAIDE4Across24 OtherwiseELSE4Across24 FoundationBASE4Across24 ChafeRUB3Across26 But not too backward to copy a letter out?COY3Across26 DecoyLURE4Across27 Plant in the best areaTARE4Across27 SpotDOT3Across27 TinCAN3Across29 Be devout, pleasePRAY4Across29 RequireNEED4Across29 ChastisedREBUKED7Across31 Bomb-holeCRATER6Across32 Full of sauce during supper timePERT4Across32 FabricFELT4Across32 Moved gradually to the left in the southeastSTOLE5Across33 Freshwater mammalOTTER5Across33 The answer's in the labRETORT6Across34 Turn asideDIVERT6Across34 NipBITE4Across34 For a start, they make acronymsINITIALS8Across35 ResponseREACTION8Across35 CapturedCAUGHT6Across35 RuptureHERNIA6Across36 A hero's wrecked and stranded!ASHORE6Across36 ChasmABYSS5Across38 TeasedRAGGED6Across39 ConditionSTATE5Across40

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Spring overVAULT5Down1 The one place that's perfectIDEAL5Down1 Once moreAGAIN5Down2 Mark gets a ring from himOSCAR5Down2 PoemODE3Down2 Little devilsIMPS4Down3 What a bull might do to you is arguableTOSS4Down3 GossipTATTLE6Down3 Watch bandSTRAP5Down4 ColourHUE3Down4 Happen to be our inclusion of a double centuryOCCUR5Down4 StaunchSTEM4Down5 GirlLASS4Down5 For top quality, make a person payFINE4Down5 BeganOPENED6Down6 Wall passONETWO6Down6 Happen to be neatly finished and attractiveCOMELY6Down6 ProperDECENT6Down7 Dorian's unreasonable encroachmentINROAD6Down9 DiscussedDEBATED7Down9 OffensiveODIOUS6Down9 IntentionAIM3Down11 Little girl I had when smallDOT3Down11 WirelessRADIO5Down12 StriveVIE3Down12 Lacking fluid, methinks you shouldn't drink it!METHS5Down12 AftersDESSERT7Down13 ReignRULE4Down13 Yes, mount pictures, etc., and get something to eatJAMTART7Down13 EquipmentKIT3Down15 One shot better than the colonelPAR3Down15 Spanish cryOLE3Down16 Very experienced in wool dyeing?OLD3Down16 ThoughtIDEA4Down16 GiverDONOR5Down17 List the sorter sorted out?ROSTER6Down18 Branched hornANTLER6Down18 It's useless and absurd to be only partly penitentINEPT5Down20 PerfumeSCENT5Down20 PowerPOTENCY7Down20 Speak one's piece, let's suppose?SAY3Down21 Hostile crowdMOB3Down21 Hasten to get out of GalashielsHIE3Down22 Alcoholic drinkALE3Down22 ObserveNOTE4Down22 UnsuccessfulFUTILE6Down23 Fighters who got cross when the Boers were around?BOXERS6Down23 SupporterBACKER6Down24 BornNEE3Down25 BlacklegSCAB4Down25 Quiet man's friendPAL3Down25 DiningEATING6Down26 MonthAUGUST6Down28 ExtremeULTRA5Down28 Familiar fellow's homophonic party pieceARTIE5Down28 Romantic piece of Italian, by Jupiter!ROMAN5Down30 Moral principleETHIC5Down30 EntrapNET3Down30 Male beeDRONE5Down31 Brewers need it on the Fourth of July, by the wayYEAST5Down31 Fronded plantFERN4Down32 The riding gamePOLO4Down32 Chap determined to get to SouthendSETH4Down33 PeruseREAD4Down33 Cry of painOUCH4Down33 DonkeyASS3Down36 HeatedHOT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, July 17, 2023. 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.