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Evening Standard Crossword July 22 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 22 2022 answers. The Friday 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#
RetainKEEP4Across1 MouthfulSIP3Across4 JumpLEAP4Across6 AskINVITE6Across8 CalamitousTRAGIC6Across9 Going to put half of them in the hot oven to cookONTHEMOVE9Across9 FollowersADHERENTS9Across9 LayerPLY3Across10 IntensifyHEIGHTEN8Across10 Has it little chance of winning the photographic competition?LONGSHOT8Across10 Row with the better half and I interveneTIER4Across12 EssentialVITAL5Across12 MoistDAMP4Across12 IntelligenceBRAINS6Across13 Start off with a number of layersSTRATA6Across13 Now that is a ridiculous piece of furniture!WHATNOT7Across14 ColourlessWHITE5Across14 SnakeSERPENT7Across14 RobinREDBREAST9Across15 It means I'm inviting you to do as you likeBEMYGUEST9Across15 InstructTEACH5Across15 Easy? Not terribly, for the dimwittedSIMPLETON9Across17 NeededNECESSARY9Across17 TalliedAGREED6Across18 Put into words or show without speakingEXPRESS7Across18 IncomeREVENUE7Across18 By holding water, is shown to be intelligentBRAINY6Across20 DeadlyLETHAL6Across20 TarnishedIMPURE6Across20 ShortlySOON4Across21 Generous with, when it's not costing you anythingFREE4Across21 CommandORDER5Across24 MeantINTENDED8Across24 So will be in various trades of all kindsASSORTED8Across24 FindDISCOVER8Across26 TrenchDITCH5Across26 Utter beast, turning the occupant, Lou, outABSOLUTE8Across26 BoundTIED4Across28 DarknessNIGHT5Across28 Pop back, once having got to the topAPEX4Across28 SlenderSLIGHT6Across29 Quick! It's liable to break!SNAPPY6Across29 ConsumedATE3Across30 He had a funny card outside saying "Cheese"CHEDDAR7Across31 UnderBENEATH7Across31 ThoroughfareSTREET6Across32 SailorSEAMAN6Across33 PleasantAGREEABLE9Across34 BreakSNAP4Across34 Try just a little lowerTOUCHDOWN9Across34 MonthMAY3Across35 RidiculousLUDICROUS9Across36 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across36 A little hurt when one withdrew one's nameSCRATCHED9Across36 ShineGLITTER7Across38 Formed another merger, having said one wouldn'tREFUSED7Across38 In "title," amended the L, making it smallLITTLE6Across39 CallingNAMING6Across39 WarmthHEAT4Across40 One metal, uranium, is withdrawnUNIT4Across40 StandPEDESTAL8Across41 Dead sluggish!LIFELESS8Across41 RemissNEGLIGENT9Across42 Is it no problem for a carpenter to make?EASYCHAIR9Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
NomadWANDERER8Down1 The drinkable rain is trapped and you can take it with youPORTABLE8Down1 RangCHIMED6Down2 BoredomENNUI5Down2 Tears are shed and very many flowSTREAM6Down2 ApePRIMATE7Down3 AugmentINCREASE8Down3 It's no good without a luggage compartmentBOOTLESS8Down3 Leave with pater, travelling the day beforeDEPART6Down4 HelpASSIST6Down4 PaceSTEP4Down4 CompassionPITY4Down5 Perplexed to find none on shore?ALLATSEA8Down5 TreeCHESTNUT8Down5 LeadLEASH5Down6 ExcellentFIRSTCLASS10Down6 Thought by both to be vacillatingINTWOMINDS10Down6 AirmanAVIATOR7Down7 PrizeCHERISH7Down7 Attack with a jack, by all accountsASSAULT7Down7 Swiss cityGENEVA6Down8 Blimey, time is up! Let's have an ice cream!CORNET6Down8 Amazed to see by the home, bats, upside-downSTUNNED7Down11 RemainingSTAYING7Down11 ResinLAC3Down11 By way ofVIA3Down12 ShelterLEE3Down13 FussADO3Down16 AthleteRUNNER6Down16 Continues, as it happensGOESON6Down16 ConcealedHID3Down17 HauntVENUE5Down19 SparkleGLISTEN7Down19 Alphabetically, as far as F for "fake"?PASTE5Down19 YouthLAD3Down20 Rotten fish, sent backBAD3Down20 MalesMEN3Down21 Embarrassed at being brought in and scoldedRATED5Down22 SecretPRIVATE7Down22 EntertainmentOPERA5Down22 He's on the qui vive putting the key inALBERT6Down23 BrandyCOGNAC6Down23 NewtEFT3Down23 One of the participants in the fight in the nurseryTINSOLDIER10Down25 GrooveRUT3Down25 IntendedDELIBERATE10Down25 SpotDOT3Down26 Yes, there is an M in "name"AMY3Down26 Within a month the rest fall and there's complete dominationMASTERY7Down27 CrawlCREEP5Down27 OddSTRANGE7Down27 LearntHEARD5Down29 ParticleATOM4Down30 PestGREENFLY8Down30 Punish with prison when a lie's found outPENALISE8Down30 Don't mind so much, being slapdashCARELESS8Down31 ChaffBADINAGE8Down31 NoticeESPY4Down31 The bird is angry, to begin withREDSTART8Down32 FalterHESITATE8Down32 Discipline for having taken a gun to churchCHASTEN7Down33 HideLEATHER7Down33 Not cricket in the dark!UNFAIR6Down35 SpoiledRUINED6Down35 Firmer with the dogSETTER6Down36 BewailLAMENT6Down36 Said he's depending on getting a shedHANGAR6Down37 BeganOPENED6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 22, 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.