Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2026 Answers

Monday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 20 2026 answers. The Monday puzzle has 127 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#

FeverishHECTIC6Across1 As printed by quiet copiers?PAPERS6Across4 SportspersonGOLFER6Across4 AgainstVERSUS6Across5 SlaughterhouseABATTOIR8Across7 Being modern, sufficiently competent for an appointmentUPTODATE8Across7 GreedyGRASPING8Across8 Landed propertyESTATE6Across8 A score of two nil?TWENTY6Across8 ConceitedVAIN4Across9 It's hard work getting a good right backGRAFT5Across10 RubbishTRIPE5Across10 RateSPEED5Across12 Meaning 'pound', it gets poundedBEAT4Across13 GrottoCAVE4Across13 Fizzy waterSODA4Across14 Don't buy, that is, from shifty LeslieSELL4Across14 FriendMATE4Across15 Lake volunteers for the navyTARN4Across15 OceanSEA3Across15 Stray from proper rectitudeERR3Across16 SkillART3Across16 Ring somebody at KenningtonOVAL4Across17 EquipmentGEAR4Across17 DecayROT3Across17 OddRUM3Across18 Eat with EnidDINE4Across19 FeebleLAME4Across19 EpochERA3Across19 CustomUSAGE5Across20 So a drink takes a long time in a TV showSOAPOPERA9Across21 Woodworker's tradeCARPENTRY9Across21 TreeELM3Across21 MalesMEN3Across22 Old-fashioned stuff, but it may be sweetCORN4Across23 SickenAIL3Across23 FishTUNA4Across23 EnemiesFOES4Across24 SerpentASP3Across24 Batty character? No artist, anywayNORA4Across24 TendencyTREND5Across26 LieFIB3Across26 If you want a trophy, start climbing higherCUP3Across26 Like the water at the pierhead?DEEP4Across27 PotatoSPUD4Across27 PortentOMEN4Across29 In this way or that, shut out!THUS4Across29 IlluminatedLIT3Across29 She's a month at the eye centreMARY4Across32 ParePEEL4Across32 The French way, it seems, needn't be French!LEAVE5Across33 WickedEVIL4Across33 Sleep noisilySNORE5Across33 I figure to get in front - it's easy!FACILE6Across34 AudacityTEMERITY8Across34 AlcoveRECESS6Across34 He has his virtuesCARDINAL8Across35 CaveGROTTO6Across35 Very tallTOWERING8Across35 It's useful for refreshment and relaxation during a raceTEASET6Across36 ShyDEMURE6Across36 StockingsNYLONS6Across36

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DesiresWANTS5Down1 Chest expanders!LUNGS5Down1 GenuineVALID5Down2 MistakeERROR5Down2 Contribute to crime in West EalingSTEAL5Down2 TrialTEST4Down3 Eyelid inflammationSTYE4Down3 Prepare for the turn of the tideEDIT4Down3 ExcellentGREAT5Down4 Run out and look around the end of the streetPETER5Down4 BrittleCRISP5Down4 ObscureVAGUE5Down5 Stringed instrumentLUTE4Down5 Maybe I'm one and don't know itPOET4Down5 CompleteENTIRE6Down6 WanderROVE4Down6 Go back to bedRETIRE6Down6 CombineUNITE5Down7 SlenderSVELTE6Down9 Go off when there's a chance of an end during the warWANDER6Down9 StadiumARENA5Down10 HoboTRAMP5Down11 Drama in an incomplete stateREP3Down11 StealROB3Down11 HeathenPAGAN5Down12 Where, dancing, a girl gets nothing rightFLOOR5Down12 FeatSTUNT5Down12 Only Abe can produce such hokumBALONEY7Down13 AvoidEVADE5Down13 CautiousCAREFUL7Down13 FearDREAD5Down14 Can you knock it on?TAP3Down15 Orienteering aidMAP3Down15 OdourSMELL5Down15 ConfessADMIT5Down16 She's less than amenableENA3Down16 Girl's nameAMY3Down16 Destroyer of a famous museum at LeatherheadVANDAL6Down18 Rubs outERASES6Down18 Angry that there's only one speedIRATE5Down20 Illegal burningARSON5Down20 Peaceably, it's offered so softlySOP3Down21 Young foxCUB3Down21 The music section of '21 Across'POP3Down22 Signal agreementNOD3Down22 OpportuneTIMELY6Down23 He's good enough to brew tea for his dog!CURATE6Down23 CutSEVER5Down25 Little informal bossGUV3Down25 For everyPER3Down25 ProportionRATIO5Down27 NuisancesPESTS5Down28 Put up before a courtERECT5Down28 CalledNAMED5Down28 FilmMOVIE5Down30 BuryINTER5Down30 Hang around a hot-headed relativeHAUNT5Down30 WhinnyNEIGH5Down31 SchemePLOT4Down31 Can they prevent access to animals?SEALS5Down31 Monetary unitPESO4Down32 State schoolteacherMISS4Down32 ForbiddingGRIM4Down32 She's no trampLADY4Down33 Cast offSHED4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, July 20, 2026. 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.