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Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2020 Answers

Monday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2020 answers. The Monday 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#
ConcerningABOUT5Across2 Iron clothesPRESS5Across3 Mob apt to exult at the grand finaleCROWD5Across3 DividePART4Across7 Annoyed by a shifty pest at the youth centreUPSET5Across8 DiminishREDUCE6Across8 Wooden pegDOWEL5Across8 EachEVERY5Across9 Given the gun?ARMED5Across10 Jewelled ornamental bandTIARA5Across10 Dad’s not French!PAS3Across11 LettuceCOS3Across11 DecomposeROT3Across11 Vital organHEART5Across12 A place useless to abbreviateHOUSE5Across12 Not the Siegfried line of defenceMAGINOT7Across13 Inorganic matterMINERAL7Across13 WhelpPUP3Across13 KeenEAGER5Across15 Dangerously animal-like?HAIRY5Across15 CableROPE4Across15 FruitNUT3Across16 NakedBARE4Across18 GrooveRUT3Across18 An engagement for Joe at GatesheadGIG3Across18 Of the seaMARINE6Across19 Fall for a doctor during a lute compositionTUMBLE6Across19 LockjawTETANUS7Across19 StandardNORM4Across20 A holy placeSANCTUM7Across21 Possible new part of townANTWERP7Across21 BossSTUD4Across22 FlatEVEN4Across22 She left a mugLASS4Across22 Plan or contrive secretlyPLOT4Across23 Look closely and you’ll see its equalPEER4Across23 PullingTUGGING7Across23 Almost hoping for pain reliefASPIRIN7Across24 Scoffs atDERIDES7Across24 CheeseEDAM4Across25 Final resultUPSHOT6Across26 Like an egg from Islay?SCOTCH6Across26 HeatedHOT3Across27 LiberateFREE4Across28 Pull the plug, but not quietly!LUG3Across29 Toothed wheelCOG3Across29 NoiseDIN3Across30 One stimulant in a hundred, I seeTONIC5Across31 StrayERR3Across31 LustreSHEEN5Across31 Principal bullfighterMATADOR7Across32 Creature the French figure to be ChineseLEMMING7Across32 RescuedSAVED5Across33 Device encountered at the end of the pierMETER5Across34 TagLABEL5Across34 Long time, albeit less than averageERA3Across35 TotalSUM3Across35 One goes to it head downSLEEP5Across36 So farASYET5Across36 AstoundedAGHAST6Across36 Unsuitable use of some turpentineINEPT5Across37 Naked figuresNUDES5Across37 AssistantAIDE4Across37 CedeYIELD5Across38 This material’s tough, one may imagineSTUFF5Across38 RequirementsNEEDS5Across38

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Boy’s nameBORIS5Down1 ForbiddenTABOO5Down1 Horrify a very quiet little chapAPPAL5Down1 Old soldierVETERAN7Down2 Gives up making a small entry in the rulesRESIGNS7Down2 ConsumedATE3Down2 PoemODE3Down3 SpoolREEL4Down4 AttemptTRY3Down4 Bottom of the kangaroo tailROOT4Down4 UnusualODD3Down5 Do a dishy jobWASHUP6Down5 Small riverSTREAM6Down5 ScrubSCOUR5Down6 Indian stringed instrumentSITAR5Down6 Think fondly of a wee drink out EastDREAM5Down6 Clean feathersPREEN5Down7 She’s got the right angle on fruitPEARL5Down7 Was victoriousWON3Down9 Show weariness as you turn the gas upSAG3Down9 VanquishROUT4Down10 CoweredCRINGED7Down11 AustereSPARTAN7Down12 How hags make pigswillHOGWASH7Down12 Short axeHATCHET7Down12 GrasslandPASTURE7Down13 Not a witty type!NIT3Down14 Drug-sellerPEDDLER7Down14 ManageRUN3Down14 LassesGIRLS5Down16 He wrote, using special nibs, about the Norwegian centreIBSEN5Down16 WhinnyNEIGH5Down16 Puts one’s feet upRESTS5Down17 Long yarn about England’s capitalYEARN5Down17 PolluteTAINT5Down17 CoachBUS3Down18 The following vehicleTRAILER7Down19 MelodiousMUSICAL7Down19 At Beachy Head, the most recent high windBLAST5Down20 PlanetVENUS5Down20 Villa siteASTON5Down21 SilentMUM3Down21 PerceiveSENSE5Down21 Mythical winged horsePEGASUS7Down23 Taking the beer round, Meg can be colourfulPIGMENT7Down23 Give to charityDONATE6Down24 You’ll admit it can mean “swallow”ACCEPT6Down24 JotIOTA4Down24 SpeckDOT3Down25 Odd ingredient of frumentyRUM3Down25 LamentDIRGE5Down26 StagePHASE5Down27 They cover the head milk producers out of cashCOWLS5Down27 Girl’s nameHELEN5Down28 Square, on occasions?TIMES5Down28 WearERODE5Down29 Curved roofsDOMES5Down30 Breaks into picturesSNAPS5Down30 FixMEND4Down32 OwnsHAS3Down32 Can be green as a meadow at Flamborough HeadLEAF4Down32 Strong feeling of tiredness?IRE3Down33 Pig penSTY3Down33 SquibDUD3Down33 StriveVIE3Down34 FatherDAD3Down35

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, July 20, 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.