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Evening Standard Crossword July 21 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 125 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 21 2020 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 125 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#
Expression of greetingHELLO5Across1 They’re easy to knitBROWS5Across1 BruteBEAST5Across2 Soft as daddy?PAPPY5Across6 ScopeRANGE5Across6 PerforatedHOLED5Across7 TemptressSIREN5Across8 There’s a Yankee at most rehearsals, we’re toldHEARSAY7Across9 Store of weaponsARSENAL7Across9 TendonSINEW5Across10 Rub outERASE5Across10 Bit of a catastrophe possibly at the barber’sSTROP5Across10 Capital of MoroccoRABAT5Across11 Emerges as a leak when you read the footnoteSEEPS5Across11 PinchNIP3Across12 ChallengesDARES5Across12 Like a special guard with its own rollSWISS5Across12 AdvantageASSET5Across13 Beastly naval hero?SEALION7Across13 Of crucial importancePIVOTAL7Across13 BullfighterMATADOR7Across15 HardenSET3Across15 In short, you’re the bossGUV3Across15 A long timeAGES4Across17 SaidSTATED6Across17 Uniquely featured by Baron LyttonONLY4Across17 Easy scoring chanceSITTER6Across18 Lying, yet facing up to thingsSUPINE6Across18 Some hairpiece worn significantly?HABIT5Across19 FirearmGUN3Across19 Player’s first gameDEBUT5Across19 Sounded a hornTOOTED6Across20 GuardDEFENCE7Across20 Fear of Revolution?TERROR6Across20 Opening in the casino industry?SLOT4Across22 DowelsPEGS4Across22 DischargeEMIT4Across23 Derby, perhapsHAT3Across24 LimbARM3Across24 Nightclub showCABARET7Across25 GaelicERSE4Across25 Martian woman?MARTINA7Across25 HarmedDAMAGED7Across26 Tooth typeMOLAR5Across26 But it could be more exciting if the lion were after him?TAMER5Across26 Overweight porter?STOUT5Across27 Wooden shoeSABOT5Across27 Be the right shaped pegFITIN5Across28 Oak tree fruitACORN5Across28 Straightened out the grid, maybeRIGHTED7Across29 SubmissiveSERVILE7Across29 Said not to be a low female beastHYENA5Across30 DefeatsBEATS5Across30 PurchaseBUY3Across30 Young eelELVER5Across31 EraseDELETE6Across31 Intimidate the deer around central AustriaDETER5Across31 ErectorBUILDER7Across34 JockeyRIDER5Across37 MaterialDENIM5Across39 PurloinSTEAL5Across40 SameDITTO5Across41 ArmadaFLEET5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
RaiseHOIST5Down1 Eavesdrop, informallyEARWIG6Down2 BeleaguerBESET5Down2 Bad two points on the trot, perhapsROTTEN6Down2 Completely taken up by the Doctor on a bit of tellyWHOLLY6Down3 RevisedEDITED6Down3 LariatsLASSOS6Down3 AppearSEEM4Down4 Boy’s informal name for a monthSEP3Down4 MineralORE3Down4 FundsFINANCE7Down5 Colour possibly worn by a bigheadBROWN5Down5 Of the kidneysRENAL5Down5 StorehouseDEPOT5Down6 Faint when you successfully finish the course?PASSOUT7Down6 Welsh rabbitRAREBIT7Down6 They’re singularly positiveAYES4Down7 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down7 Did dad have one when very young?POPGUN6Down8 Pointed beardGOATEE6Down8 FreeRID3Down9 BetWAGERED7Down11 Possible means of detecting arson?SONAR5Down12 UnfashionableDATED5Down12 PaleASHEN5Down13 One way in which love can get shut outSOUTH5Down13 Italian foodPASTA5Down13 AgreeableSAPID5Down14 MaliceVENOM5Down14 Ready to change laterALERT5Down14 GuideSTEER5Down15 Did he sing a number in “Gigi”?GIGLI5Down15 BarrelTUN3Down16 Redhead apt to flare up when struckVESTA5Down16 FaithTRUST5Down16 PostponedDELAYED7Down18 SucroseSUGAR5Down18 Could playing it be bit of a strain?SITAR5Down18 Indicates, designatesDENOTES7Down19 Nelson’s girlHORATIA7Down19 StrayedERRED5Down21 Excessively adornedORNATE6Down21 Such humour could certainly be heartyEARTHY6Down21 CutSEVER5Down22 PackagePARCEL6Down22 Pace of a fast riderSTRIDE6Down22 Boy’s nameGEORGE6Down23 Where log may be doing very wellONFIRE6Down23 SceneTABLEAU7Down24 Methinks not writing fluidMETHS5Down25 Slice meatCARVE5Down25 Nearly allMOST4Down26 Go off for a spin?TURN4Down26 MireMUD3Down27 Supplied from the safe depositFED3Down28 Beer typeALE3Down28 ScornDERIDE6Down28 RationQUOTA5Down29 RestrictLIMIT5Down32 IrritableTESTY5Down33 WrathIRE3Down35 GenuineREAL4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 21, 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.