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Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2023 answers. The Thursday 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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Shampoo pouchSACHET6Across1 SeemAPPEAR6Across1 A hot number at altitudeHEIGHT6Across1 ViewASPECT6Across5 BirdHORNBILL8Across7 Household chores done by the children?HOMEWORK8Across7 Again, she's a thousand to one!MIMI4Across8 Elm, sayTREE4Across8 TautTENSE5Across9 At certain points, a crooked deal seems heavy to bearLEADEN6Across10 InsightACUMEN6Across10 CustomerPATRON6Across10 Write of some miscreants breaking the law?SCRAWL6Across11 Industrial protestSTRIKE6Across11 IndividualPERSON6Across11 MeasureMETER5Across12 Figure to hearten TottenhamTEN3Across14 SpiralCOIL4Across14 NothingNIL3Across14 PersonHUMAN5Across16 Accommodation Theo possibly leftHOTEL5Across16 GainedWON3Across17 Tradesman from Ryde?DYER4Across17 Let it standSTET4Across17 GaelicERSE4Across18 Change my oneMONEY5Across19 BeliefTENET5Across19 HelpedAIDED5Across20 Temptations to break the rules?LURES5Across21 Detection systemSONAR5Across21 TendencyTREND5Across22 UndressSTRIP5Across22 A shelter; old, broken-down, at the back of the garageLODGE5Across22 They will be themselves!BOYS4Across23 TicketVOUCHER7Across23 HaltSTOP4Across23 BeleaguerBESET5Across24 Tubular kind of hat?STRAW5Across26 NewNOVEL5Across26 Riotous brawlMELEE5Across26 International honour can go to one's head!CAP3Across28 And notNOR3Across28 Became friendly in the spring?THAWED6Across29 HeroIDOL4Across29 Very happyELATED6Across29 CorsairPIRATE6Across30 Hardest to find in a fine streetRAREST6Across30 MarshlandFEN3Across30 Do as orderedOBEY4Across31 Once, a prime minister's gardenEDEN4Across31 CompleteABSOLUTE8Across32 Touchingly, showed undue greed for a portion of fish!FINGERED8Across32 UnusualRARE4Across32 DecorationMEDAL5Across33 It's swung to make a cutSCYTHE6Across33 InsectMAYFLY6Across33 FishTURBOT6Across35 ReasonMOTIVE6Across36 MatureRIPEN5Across37 FurrowedRIDGED6Across38 GuardDEFEND6Across39

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FabricALPACA6Down1 Homeless dogsSTRAYS6Down1 Shouted the way to be guided!HOWLED6Down1 It's powerless to fly!GLIDER6Down2 AnchoriteHERMIT6Down2 RottingPUTRID6Down2 So slight as to seem less than nothing?THIN4Down3 At that timeTHEN4Down3 ParticleATOM4Down3 Gets somewhere concerning one's personal discomfortsREACHES7Down4 One moreANOTHER7Down4 RenovateRENEW5Down4 Note valueMINIM5Down5 PoplarASPEN5Down5 Worked on transforming the cottage interiorGOTAT5Down5 ProphetSEER4Down6 One looking jolly like Roger?SKULL5Down6 Extra-terrestrialALIEN5Down6 AscertainENSURE6Down7 SunburntTANNED6Down8 MelodyTUNE4Down8 Team companion?MATE4Down8 Slippery fishEEL3Down9 The chaps point to meMEN3Down9 Like Al, a boy in blueROY3Down12 GrooveRUT3Down12 Darling girlWENDY5Down13 ContactedTOUCHED7Down13 Musical instrumentKAZOO5Down13 Magic servantGENIE5Down15 Write badly?FORGE5Down15 LubricatedOILED5Down15 FlatLEVEL5Down16 MistakeERROR5Down18 Drying clothTOWEL5Down18 That time of life when you hearten mother?YOUTH5Down18 Something soft to sling!MUD3Down19 ScoffSNEER5Down19 HillTOR3Down19 When unmarried, in some needNEE3Down20 DozeNAP3Down20 Let down by an inferior editorLOWERED7Down21 SpireSTEEPLE7Down21 SpotDOT3Down21 NumberTEN3Down22 It's supposed to be kept in BulawayoLAW3Down22 HardenSET3Down22 PainfullySORELY6Down23 Hardly a bachelor to depend on!BARELY6Down23 SalverTRAY4Down24 AcidBITTER6Down24 Circular enclosure with free accessOPEN4Down24 FlewSOARED6Down25 A seat in the regular driving placeSETTEE6Down25 LotsPLENTY6Down25 It's difficult to be hard and inflexibleSTIFF5Down26 Iron, sayMETAL5Down26 PortmanteauVALISE6Down27 No weather to be out, since there's little sunshine aroundRAINY5Down27 LariatLASSO5Down27 Pen partNIB3Down28 MythLEGEND6Down28 Villainous character in Monica DickensCAD3Down28 Comrades rolling around at the snooker hall?REDS4Down30 OdePOEM4Down30 FoulFETID5Down30 CalledNAMED5Down31 AdditionalMORE4Down33 SolitaryLONE4Down34

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