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Evening Standard Crossword July 21 2022 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 21 2022 answers. The Thursday 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#
VesselCRAFT5Across2 GrumbleGROAN5Across3 A sound way to establish your avoirdupoisWEIGH5Across3 SwimBATHE5Across7 A cold water vesselKAYAK5Across8 IrrigateWATER5Across8 SpondulixMONEY5Across8 A leftover admirer?LOVER5Across10 Army officerMAJOR5Across10 SeraphANGEL5Across10 Golf standardPAR3Across11 Rubbish you've a right to return!ROT3Across11 YelpYAP3Across12 Diminutive couple in a French cityDIJON5Across12 ShamBOGUS5Across12 Nude in an exotic act for the floor showCABARET7Across13 Natural surroundingsHABITAT7Across13 DefenceGUARD5Across13 ProsaicLITERAL7Across15 AfterwardsLATER5Across15 Is its thin end at the western extremity?WEDGE5Across15 HaltedRESTED6Across17 Move in a way that's plumb vertical?BOB3Across18 24 hoursDAY3Across18 Farther away than that one over there in bedBEYOND6Across19 EncounteredMET3Across19 Of catsFELINE6Across19 EmitRADIATE7Across20 Down paymentDEPOSIT7Across21 As a manual worker, Charlie's carrying less weightCLEANER7Across21 RegretsRUES4Across22 Being out of money, die horribly in vainIDLE4Across22 DandyBEAU4Across23 PitcherEWER4Across23 Maybe I'm to skipOMIT4Across23 RespondedREACTED7Across24 About to cry out for a living place!RECTORY7Across24 OtherwiseELSE4Across25 Dad's boy gets beatenPASTED6Across26 Nutty sweetNOUGAT6Across26 TwistedTANGLED7Across26 Angry with mother - but to a good endMAD3Across29 WitchHAG3Across29 FriendPAL3Across30 EbbRECEDE6Across31 PerformedACTED5Across31 To adapt tales is to plagiarise!STEAL5Across31 Spray canAEROSOL7Across32 Remove that aeroplane!TAKEOFF7Across32 Sailors were around when Eva broke this flier's heartRAVEN5Across34 StreakedSTRIPED7Across34 EncirclesRINGS5Across34 Desert from the artillery on TuesdayRAT3Across35 PinchNIP3Across35 Meant to become an artistMANET5Across36 AppearsSEEMS5Across36 Apply in freer usageREFER5Across37 SnakeVIPER5Across37 MistakeERROR5Across37 Cut wool fromSHEAR5Across38 What politicians need is a liquid asset!SEATS5Across38 HelpAID3Across38 DoctrineDOGMA5Across39 SufficientAMPLE5Across40 HappeningEVENT5Across41 ClearingGLADE5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
GemstoneTOPAZ5Down1 ObscureVAGUE5Down1 One of dozens that would be pure goldCARAT5Down1 RidiculesDERIDES7Down2 Note a piece of furniture as suitable for diningEATABLE7Down2 MapCHART5Down2 GiveRENDER6Down3 TumultRIOT4Down4 SenseFEEL4Down4 Leave the thing to one's former spouseEXIT4Down4 Baby clothesLAYETTE7Down5 Look hurt when you get a shinerGLOWER6Down5 CharmAMULET6Down5 ReimburseREPAY5Down6 Of the noseNASAL5Down6 Such a blonde can be a darlingHONEY5Down6 Senior memberDOYEN5Down7 A rule that breaks the heart of singersREIGN5Down7 ArrestNAB3Down9 SailorTAR3Down9 Boy brought up as a loutYOB3Down9 ConfinerLIMITER7Down11 Rifle attachmentBAYONET7Down12 Discussed a cricket club indeed!DEBATED7Down12 AvariceGREED5Down13 AdvantageASSET5Down14 Being fishy, possibly hard to eatROE3Down14 FaucetTAP3Down14 Able to go to sleep and still not lose?DORMY5Down16 ExhaustedTIRED5Down16 BeverageTEA3Down16 Nominal source of the confusion about a police inspector!EDITH5Down17 Picture puzzleREBUS5Down17 SwungDANGLED7Down18 Chap most able to support the groomBESTMAN7Down19 PilfersFILCHES7Down19 Goes slowly like a number of politiciansLIMPS5Down20 StadiumARENA5Down20 SeniorELDER5Down21 Near the end?CLOSE5Down21 Player's first gameDEBUT5Down21 DrainSEWER5Down22 Told to get systematised!ORDERED7Down23 PlantBEGONIA7Down23 Pungent rootRADISH6Down24 QuicklyRAPIDLY7Down24 You can tell when there's a couple of letters behind the clockRELATE6Down24 Possibly royal ingredient of cocoa, we're toldOAK3Down25 PitchTAR3Down25 Group of eightOCTET5Down27 SleepNAP3Down27 Titanic book?ATLAS5Down27 ConsideredDEEMED6Down28 MicrobesGERMS5Down28 Special rates for seedsTARES5Down28 ImpressionSTAMP5Down29 DesiresHOPES5Down30 In comparatively stern pursuit?AFTER5Down30 Indian cityAGRA4Down32 DesireCRAVE5Down32 A trial of innate strengthTEST4Down32 Simpleton of a sort!OAF3Down33 PerformingDOING5Down33 Drink gingerlySIP3Down33 TearRIP3Down35 PuppetDOLL4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 21, 2022. 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.