Evening Standard Crossword July 2 2026 Answers

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Below are all 128 clues from the Evening Standard Crossword for July 2 2026. Stuck on one? Click the clue to reveal its verified answer, plus every other answer that clue has had across every publisher in our database.

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Boredom61 AcrossReveal answer → Recreation53 AcrossReveal answer → "Marx," the musical53 AcrossReveal answer → Undergo65 AcrossReveal answer → Sham88 AcrossReveal answer → What to have when it's raining in Burgundy58 AcrossReveal answer → Distress greatly58 AcrossReveal answer → Pain49 AcrossReveal answer → Delivery groups510 AcrossReveal answer → Artist's stand510 AcrossReveal answer → Border310 AcrossReveal answer → An old-fashioned American banger311 AcrossReveal answer → Diocese311 AcrossReveal answer → A sore possibly appeared512 AcrossReveal answer → Paper quantities512 AcrossReveal answer → Skilful512 AcrossReveal answer → Long and nasty duel outside a broken-down bar713 AcrossReveal answer → Cover713 AcrossReveal answer → Expiate515 AcrossReveal answer → Stray315 AcrossReveal answer → A path to follow515 AcrossReveal answer → Donkey317 AcrossReveal answer → He gets it wrong a lot318 AcrossReveal answer → Vase318 AcrossReveal answer → Edge318 AcrossReveal answer → Did the animal let loose stampede them?619 AcrossReveal answer → Noise319 AcrossReveal answer → Stadia619 AcrossReveal answer → Recognised520 AcrossReveal answer → Pull321 AcrossReveal answer → Poisonous plant721 AcrossReveal answer → Are his strategy and tactics all over the place?721 AcrossReveal answer → Sounds rude, but it's quite in place in church422 AcrossReveal answer → Forest422 AcrossReveal answer → Wrath322 AcrossReveal answer → Woman's name423 AcrossReveal answer → Dramatist who invented "Lothario," or we're wrong!423 AcrossReveal answer → Stretch323 AcrossReveal answer → Ocean324 AcrossReveal answer → At solo whist, they're lost if you win!724 AcrossReveal answer → Trapeze artist724 AcrossReveal answer → On dry land626 AcrossReveal answer → Fear526 AcrossReveal answer → In S.W. Europe, one has to live on fresh air!626 AcrossReveal answer → Rob him, the fathead!329 AcrossReveal answer → Decay329 AcrossReveal answer → Nothing329 AcrossReveal answer → The bare figures531 AcrossReveal answer → Kingdom531 AcrossReveal answer → Sarcastic732 AcrossReveal answer → Afraid there's the devil to pay out!732 AcrossReveal answer → Idol433 AcrossReveal answer → In the garden, a bit of manipulation sets it back534 AcrossReveal answer → Plea834 AcrossReveal answer → Fact534 AcrossReveal answer → She's said to be a blossom335 AcrossReveal answer → Robust635 AcrossReveal answer → Diving bird335 AcrossReveal answer → Puce jumpers536 AcrossReveal answer → Account636 AcrossReveal answer → Motorcycle536 AcrossReveal answer → Be repulsive as you stagger round the piano537 AcrossReveal answer → Prepare to pray537 AcrossReveal answer → Feel a need, yes, for service538 AcrossReveal answer → Parties538 AcrossReveal answer →

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Assertive51 DownReveal answer → Figure a complaint is not specific51 DownReveal answer → Weird52 DownReveal answer → Went round to put a name on the list72 DownReveal answer → Subdued72 DownReveal answer → Jot43 DownReveal answer → It has a doggy dale44 DownReveal answer → Jetty44 DownReveal answer → Booby-trapped54 DownReveal answer → Precipitous55 DownReveal answer → Like the order to put a stop, somehow, to Capone65 DownReveal answer → Comment65 DownReveal answer → Insipid46 DownReveal answer → More than a quarter-pint, that's obvious56 DownReveal answer → Sample56 DownReveal answer → Reddish dye57 DownReveal answer → Anaesthetic57 DownReveal answer → Grand bird, traditionally quested for57 DownReveal answer → Golf peg39 DownReveal answer → One crashed in mid-March?39 DownReveal answer → Hell510 DownReveal answer → Madness511 DownReveal answer → Substitute712 DownReveal answer → Enquired512 DownReveal answer → In song, left me in a Spanish port712 DownReveal answer → Elicit513 DownReveal answer → Container of binoculars?314 DownReveal answer → Boy's name314 DownReveal answer → Adjusted514 DownReveal answer → Go in515 DownReveal answer → One "Thomas," a musketeer516 DownReveal answer → Attack516 DownReveal answer → Correct516 DownReveal answer → This loch needs to be smooth for a learner517 DownReveal answer → Prose composition517 DownReveal answer → Was he in a hole all his life?719 DownReveal answer → Initialism719 DownReveal answer → Curse520 DownReveal answer → An article to smile about, just a little520 DownReveal answer → Look embarrassed when caught by the bull521 DownReveal answer → Commotion521 DownReveal answer → Brave723 DownReveal answer → See grim chaos under dictatorships, say723 DownReveal answer → Fleet624 DownReveal answer → Many a complicated issue means waste624 DownReveal answer → Change ends, sportingly325 DownReveal answer → Rubbish container325 DownReveal answer → Happening525 DownReveal answer → Spanish man527 DownReveal answer → Purchase about fifty pounds of beef527 DownReveal answer → Shrill527 DownReveal answer → Senior528 DownReveal answer → Crash early in the race528 DownReveal answer → Performer528 DownReveal answer → Exterior530 DownReveal answer → Shooting some mosquitoes, by the sound of it530 DownReveal answer → Bread maker530 DownReveal answer → Acid431 DownReveal answer → 3-D figure432 DownReveal answer → By getting out of line, you want support432 DownReveal answer → Jump432 DownReveal answer → It's topping for a player to get one333 DownReveal answer → Signal333 DownReveal answer →

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This page lists every clue from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 2, 2026. Answers are checked against the completed grid before publishing and live on each clue's own page, so you only see the solutions you ask for. 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.