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Evening Standard Crossword July 2 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 2 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#
RestraintDURESS6Across1 Long step or paceSTRIDE6Across4 They’re jolly good fun chaps!SPORTS6Across4 MoodTEMPER6Across5 Set of lettersALPHABET8Across7 See the money’s readySPOTCASH8Across7 Quadruple the scoreEIGHTY6Across8 FishSTURGEON8Across8 QuantityAMOUNT6Across8 LocationSITE4Across9 It’s nothing for wild bees to be overweightOBESE5Across10 SkillART3Across10 Coil, spinTWIST5Across10 DecreeEDICT5Across12 It means a lot to a fellow on the fourth of JulyMANY4Across13 TotDRAM4Across13 LocateSITE4Across14 Rubbish may be shot hereTOSH4Across14 StinkREEK4Across15 The present talent?GIFT4Across15 PosedSAT3Across15 Lady robbed of money, upset for a timeDAY3Across16 MineralORE3Across16 Skip in from ItalyOMIT4Across17 Man’s nameERIC4Across17 ScullOAR3Across17 MooseELK3Across18 The image a coin may showICON4Across19 Slippery fishesEELS4Across19 HeatedHOT3Across19 ConsumedEATEN5Across20 To him, we may sound agreeableFRENCHMAN9Across21 Run off hastilySKEDADDLE9Across21 SickILL3Across21 CurveARC3Across22 Wild acts by domesticated felinesCATS4Across23 TotalSUM3Across23 ReposeREST4Across23 Opposite of badGOOD4Across24 NothingNIL3Across24 Helped, albeit heartlessly, when given attentionHEED4Across24 AbruptTERSE5Across26 Morning moistureDEW3Across26 Chuck seems a bit pushySHY3Across26 Kill, say, about fiftySLAY4Across27 SoonANON4Across27 FlatEVEN4Across29 A bird might see it as foodGRUB4Across29 EnclosurePEN3Across29 Stick around Midway, a Pacific islandGUAM4Across32 Big catLION4Across32 Just the sort of necklace for a girlPEARL5Across33 NoticeESPY4Across33 First-ratePRIME5Across33 Soldiers can make sport out of love!TROOPS6Across34 ClearEXPLICIT8Across34 Japanese garmentKIMONO6Across34 Jumping over a ropeSKIPPING8Across35 ProperDECENT6Across35 Strap worn in a carSEATBELT8Across35 A suggestion that we attend cinema releases?LETSGO6Across36 DelicateDAINTY6Across36 Cut a toothTEETHE6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
StopsHALTS5Down1 Royal meeting in Nova ScotiaASCOT5Down1 CleaveSPLIT5Down2 SpeakUTTER5Down2 Seems sad composing poemsMOPES5Down2 The longing teachers have at heartACHE4Down3 DeserveEARN4Down3 Boat of logsRAFT4Down3 A corny group in the country fieldSHEAF5Down4 PassSPEND5Down4 Gaze fixedlySTARE5Down4 Some indoor gymnastics, Roman style?ORGY4Down5 Pick-me-upTONIC5Down5 SpaceROOM4Down5 Painter in the red?TITIAN6Down6 HazeMIST4Down6 People who give bloodDONORS6Down6 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 Punctual, eventually?INTIME6Down9 Manage with limited meansMAKEDO6Down9 PaleASHEN5Down10 Sort of seat to fight for?BOX3Down11 SumTOTAL5Down11 ToupeeWIG3Down11 Lacking money, possibly shySHORT5Down12 SearchesSEEKS5Down12 UprightERECT5Down12 In the London area, you can get to the match by motorwayMITCHAM7Down13 BuryINTER5Down13 Ten-sided figureDECAGON7Down13 TautTENSE5Down14 Spirit of clarityGIN3Down15 FreeRID3Down15 ScrimpSKIMP5Down15 ClawTALON5Down16 Put on the river?DON3Down16 Spanish cryOLE3Down16 For a cat to turn up with me, could spoil thingsMESSUP6Down18 Keep hold ofRETAIN6Down18 No gentleman, at some stage, will begCADGE5Down20 SeniorELDER5Down20 She sounds a bit faintFAY3Down21 StitchSEW3Down21 At the end of the day, he gives a cryHEY3Down22 Mafia bossDON3Down22 ResuscitateREVIVE6Down23 Cost of a military action?CHARGE6Down23 OutcomeISSUE5Down25 The curate’s dog?CUR3Down25 JewelGEM3Down25 ExpelEJECT5Down27 Hangman’s halterNOOSE5Down28 Using it, may a cowboy miss nothing?LASSO5Down28 AgreeableSAPID5Down28 Female foxVIXEN5Down30 LiveEXIST5Down30 Quick raid capturing the pierheadRAPID5Down30 AmphibiansNEWTS5Down31 SortTYPE4Down31 He was a bit of a blighter to the crewBLIGH5Down31 PlunderLOOT4Down32 Gallery deities?GODS4Down32 FruitKIWI4Down32 Dad’s doublePAPA4Down33 Meat pastePATE4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 2, 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.