Evening Standard Crossword July 2 2021 Answers

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Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 2 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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DecentPROPER6Across1 FigureNUMBER6Across5 LoanedADVANCED8Across8 AlternativelyOTHERWISE9Across9 TardyLATE4Across9 Definitely that crooked Simon is on the takeNOMISTAKE9Across9 FriendlyAMICABLE8Across10 AlsoTOO3Across10 Moving while I cannot move: I am hemmed inINACTION8Across10 ExtremelyVERY4Across12 AvariceGREED5Across12 The plainsman's home?FLAT4Across12 AbhorrenceHATRED6Across13 Have boobs, on backward studentsSLIPUP6Across13 AheadINSTORE7Across14 To understand it, you must have a feeling for wordsBRAILLE7Across14 FruitRASPBERRY9Across15 Would it provide stock for alphabet soup?AITCHBONE9Across15 LoiterLAG3Across15 VehicleCAR3Across17 VegetableCOURGETTE9Across17 Gave one's girlfriend the air?SERENADED9Across17 WrathIRE3Across18 Henry and I only have fishHALIBUT7Across18 SanctionENDORSE7Across18 CurveARC3Across19 How to perforate it thoroughly is the questionRIDDLE6Across20 HappeningEVENT5Across20 ExcellentTIPTOP6Across20 HatchetAXE3Across21 In that case the hand had got lostTHEN4Across21 SadlyALAS4Across21 EmployUSE3Across22 BeakerCUP3Across23 To begin with, was first to appear frightenedSTARTLED8Across24 AvoidSIDESTEP8Across24 SpikeEAR3Across24 DentNOTCH5Across26 Observe closely that you give the right points toMARKWELL8Across26 AversionDISTASTE8Across26 Concluded it's to do withOVER4Across28 RegrettedRUED4Across28 Stated a number had not paid upAVOWED6Across29 Jeer atDERIDE6Across29 ChildTOT3Across29 ClaimCONTEND7Across31 Had turned and leftGONEOFF7Across31 PaceSTEP4Across33 Shortened to "Got the dog and followed"CURTAILED9Across34 UnwiseIMPRUDENT9Across34 AdornDECORATE8Across34 MeagreSCANTY6Across35 DieEXPIRE6Across36 Let one have it - was generous with moneyLASHEDOUT9Across36 PerfectFAULTLESS9Across36 What made the snake stop when crossing the road?ASPHALT7Across38 CountryHOLLAND7Across38 All panicking about the escape: a killerLETHAL6Across39 TidilyNEATLY6Across39 Dismiss a "Something the insurance policy will cover"FIRE4Across40 WorkOPUS4Across40 With charm at last, I melted the fellowTALISMAN8Across41 CherishTREASURE8Across41 Clear at this point it's a songOVERTHERE9Across42 SackDISCHARGE9Across42

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TalkCONVERSE8Down1 How quickly you realised you'd been photographed?INAFLASH8Down1 RefrainCHORUS6Down2 WirelessRADIO5Down2 Tell them I am taking the roleIMPART6Down2 DissentDISAGREE8Down3 Gets everybody in the Scout movement to stop working?CALLSOUT8Down3 SchemePLAN4Down3 ReappearRECUR5Down4 RevealBETRAY6Down4 Building let out and occupied by an English politicianTEMPLE6Down4 ElbowNUDGE5Down5 DisadvantageHANDICAP8Down5 Having a mind to, get rid ofDISPOSED8Down5 MasculineMALE4Down6 AbsurdRIDICULOUS10Down6 Who's got the hot milk?CATBURGLAR10Down6 CorridorPASSAGE7Down7 AdditionalEXTRA5Down7 Puts great pressure on claspsSTRAINS7Down7 NearlyALMOST6Down8 Worked until I got to the forefrontTOILED6Down8 DealTRADE5Down10 Shut up and break in to get the jewelleryPENDANT7Down11 AriseOCCUR5Down11 FreeRELEASE7Down11 VerdantGREEN5Down12 UprightERECT5Down13 TrenchDITCH5Down14 JumpedLEAPT5Down15 SaluteGREET5Down16 FrontierBORDER6Down16 Very keen not to allow into the Australian portHOBART6Down16 CampaignDRIVE5Down19 Able to stretch to it and he will have fifty overLITHE5Down19 What the fisherman is armed with?ROD3Down20 KnockTAP3Down20 LimberLITHE5Down22 What the devil said when you rang his phone number?HELLO5Down22 WoodWALNUT6Down23 Wind round the base of the log, causing painTWINGE6Down23 HugeTREMENDOUS10Down25 A wonderful epoch in which to have a ballLOVELYTIME10Down25 GarretATTIC5Down25 Mother stands up, fumingMAD3Down26 OwingDUE3Down26 StrangelyODDLY5Down27 A cop wrapped the child going out in a warm garmentTOPCOAT7Down27 CargoFREIGHT7Down27 HideCACHE5Down28 MeantINTENDED8Down30 Going off to the west, walking in an ungainly wayWADDLING8Down30 ExteriorOUTER5Down30 Order me a gross of the finest textureGOSSAMER8Down31 StupidCLUELESS8Down31 RotateSPIN4Down31 Including a number fated to be made ready for marketFATTENED8Down32 CalamityDISASTER8Down32 GraspGRIP4Down32 FugitiveRUNAWAY7Down33 In Los Angeles a Spanish girl caught the diseaseMALARIA7Down33 TriflingPALTRY6Down35 Does it tear as it cuts?RIPSAW6Down35 Pretends, when one allows to boardLETSON6Down36 ImpostorsFRAUDS6Down36 ProficientEXPERT6Down37 Show a tree by a riverOLIVER6Down37

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