Evening Standard Crossword July 21 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 21 2026 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 128 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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CeaseSTOP4Across1 DelugeFLOOD5Across3 The little chap's in hospitalBARTS5Across3 TearRIP3Across4 BogusSHAM4Across6 What frogs do when they depart?CROAK5Across8 Holy bookBIBLE5Across8 ThroughPER3Across9 Helicopter bladeROTOR5Across10 FindDISCOVER8Across10 Restrains while getting rid of the rats, maybeREINS5Across10 Hairstyle with taste?BUN3Across11 FastenTIE3Across11 CupidEROS4Across11 Something to hang on to, uprightly?STRAP5Across12 Group of witchesCOVEN5Across12 ShapeOCTAGON7Across13 A difficult time dealt with by the BeatlesHARDDAY7Across13 VehicleCAR3Across14 Pierces with hornsGORES5Across15 Prize what's of utilityVALUE5Across15 ViperADDER5Across16 Cricket clubBAT3Across18 VigourVIM3Across18 Stop refusing to get furnished afresh?RELENT6Across19 BeggedAPPEALED8Across19 SulkyMOROSE6Across19 InhabitantDENIZEN7Across21 Funny tailless rodents hiding in the coalCOMICAL7Across21 Not everNEVER5Across21 AssertAVER4Across22 Greek hero's contribution to the RNAJAX4Across22 GateauCAKE4Across23 Keep disturbing the dogPEKE4Across23 DebasedDEVALUED8Across23 And a gentleman?OFFICER7Across24 ProfitableGAINFUL7Across24 VapourSTEAM5Across24 Barely changes a couple of lettersHARDLY6Across26 ViciousBRUTAL6Across26 FateLOT3Across27 Showing some turn of pace, it's toppingCAP3Across29 NameDUB3Across29 Place, as in HampsteadSTEAD5Across31 TrackPATH4Across31 AntitoxinSERUM5Across31 Shakes a starlet badlyRATTLES7Across32 SolemnSERIOUS7Across32 EasternORIENTAL8Across33 An orange in one's tummyNAVEL5Across34 RabbitDOE3Across34 PrimateLEMUR5Across34 What Barnet may mean to a cockneyAIR3Across35 LoanLEND4Across35 TykeCUR3Across35 Hold on - 151's no good!CLING5Across36 FellowDON3Across36 MonthAPRIL5Across36 Everything points to WoodyALLEN5Across37 SunbatheBASK4Across37 ChangeALTER5Across37 Long time at the detention centreYEARN5Across38 Steel towerPYLON5Across38

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TrenchDITCH5Down1 Most of our banks are in townsURBAN5Down1 KnifeCLEAVER7Down2 Something cylindrical players will fight for?BANDBOX7Down2 ExcursionTRIP4Down2 ChoosePICK4Down3 Big catLION4Down4 Ostentatiously aesthetic form of trayARTY4Down4 DisclosedREVEALED8Down4 American stateOREGON6Down5 SectionPART4Down5 Go, shifty varlet!TRAVEL6Down5 PassSPEND5Down6 GiverDONOR5Down6 Bit of a bloomer by the boysSEPAL5Down6 Girl'sHER3Down7 ProdsPOKES5Down7 I loudly interrupt a good woman, but not seriouslyINFUN5Down7 AscendedAROSE5Down8 PieceBIT3Down9 It refers to what we own to in courtOUR3Down9 HellHADES5Down12 Meet and speak about irrational fitsSATISFY7Down12 FunnyCOMICAL7Down12 MaliceSPITE5Down13 TinCAN3Down14 It obstructs a lady no end!DAM3Down14 Alcoholic spiritGIN3Down14 SpreeREVEL5Down15 Bar an apprentice always usesLEVER5Down16 RegalROYAL5Down16 OutcomingDEBUT5Down17 She assembles helmet partsETHEL5Down17 Cut offSEVER5Down17 PromptREADY5Down18 Revolutionary possibly depriving a cardinal of a bit of funRADICAL7Down19 Flow windinglyMEANDER7Down19 The study of numeracyMATHS5Down20 Cutting remarksBARBS5Down20 DedicationDEVOTION8Down20 Group of soldiers chopping up cedarCADRE5Down21 ObjectDEMUR5Down21 RodentRAT3Down22 Changing roomCUBICLE7Down23 Something said to be stimulatingPEPTALK7Down23 PluckilyGAMELY6Down24 It's pensionableOLDAGE6Down24 Animal coatFUR3Down25 Animal resembling the shrew?CAT3Down25 DealTRADE5Down25 LongedACHED5Down26 It forms a ring in more ways than oneATOLL5Down27 HarvestsREAPS5Down27 Boy in songDANNY5Down28 FlowerTULIP5Down28 BraveBOLD4Down28 SlightSNUB4Down29 Name for a keen beginner after wild deerDEREK5Down30 RemediesCURES5Down30 Go byPASS4Down30 Japanese wrestlingSUMO4Down32 WeightTON3Down32 Back again with that heartless airREAR4Down32 Name of the girl I loveLIL3Down33 Not at homeOUT3Down33

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