Evening Standard Crossword July 22 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 126 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 22 2026 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 126 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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Across

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

Senior monkABBOT5Across1 Wide, albeit secondary highwayBROAD5Across1 CharredBURNT5Across4 Piece of gummed paperSTAMP5Across6 AppreciateENJOY5Across6 FondleCARESS6Across7 HabitualROUTINE7Across9 Be hopeless, yet somehow get praisedDESPAIR7Across9 StrayERR3Across9 SubsequentlyAFTER5Across10 One aspect of things actors are deaf toASIDE5Across10 Man'sHIS3Across10 NarrowTAPER5Across11 Eccentric siren taking a washRINSE5Across11 GemstoneAGATE5Across12 Original form of jazzBEBOP5Across12 AppleFRUIT5Across12 PetalLEAF4Across13 TussleWRESTLE7Across13 Discreet informal name for a drug productGUARDED7Across13 Is it extremely generous?TIP3Across15 Distress signalSOS3Across15 ThrustLUNGE5Across15 One can see through it in a number of waysLENS4Across17 SullenMOROSE6Across17 This placeHERE4Across17 RichesWEALTH6Across18 Common? Hardly!SCARCE6Across18 Dog-star? Planet, anywayPLUTO5Across19 UnlitDARK4Across19 ConcealsHIDES5Across19 Vegetarian peopleSWEDES6Across20 Hand toolTROWEL6Across20 NameTITLE5Across20 EqualityPAR3Across22 Forward in a super teamPERT4Across22 ScorchSEAR4Across22 Sarah heartens RosalieSAL3Across24 ErasedDELETED7Across24 Spike of wheatEAR3Across24 The financial report makes sense!FIGURES7Across25 BabblePRATTLE7Across25 HaughtyPROUD5Across26 The bulb possibly lit upTULIP5Across26 Weasel-like animalSTOAT5Across27 LairDEN3Across27 Heavenly winter footwear out EastSKIES5Across27 That which diminishes may be less than amusingMINUS5Across28 ElectorVOTER5Across28 SordidSEAMY5Across28 Useful devices for some of the flat chestedLATCHES7Across29 SureCERTAIN7Across29 Nice hot food the silly girl leftGRILL5Across30 Arabian republicYEMEN5Across30 Wading birdEGRET5Across31 Through sounding baffled or confusedTHREW5Across31 MinusLESS4Across31 RevisedEDITED6Across33 SkinflintMISER5Across35 PuppetDOLL4Across37 YieldedCEDED5Across38 DelveDIG3Across39 BeerALE3Across41 HarshSEVERE6Across42 StockSTORE5Across43

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#

AnimalOCELOT6Down1 Prior toBEFORE6Down2 Deliver a strangled curse, being at a loose endRESCUE6Down2 ImaginedDREAMT6Down2 Their venom can make us sadderADDERS6Down3 OtherwiseORELSE6Down3 TreeASH3Down3 Desperate extremities at Chester and elsewhereDEE3Down4 BoastBRAG4Down4 HillTOR3Down4 EncouragedURGED5Down5 GazeSTARE5Down5 Looked to emulate Mata HariSPIED5Down5 TemptsENTICES7Down6 NudismNATURISM8Down6 A heated blow!SIROCCO7Down6 ShipshapeNEAT4Down7 Go gaily on a journeyTRIP4Down7 Grain-storeSILO4Down8 Feline mammalOCELOT6Down8 Kind of varnish on the mast, I seeMASTIC6Down8 HungSUSPENDED9Down11 Percussion instruments, but trumpets, etc., have themBELLS5Down12 Thrash aboutFLAIL5Down12 '17 Across' is a good girl, clearlyGLASS5Down13 ColourlessWHITE5Down13 MistakeERROR5Down14 CreaseFOLD4Down14 Nurse the man who lost his head and broke a legANGEL5Down14 PrecipitationSLEET5Down15 Indefatigable essayist?TRIER5Down15 TidyNEAT4Down16 Throws missiles at furry thingsPELTS5Down16 BeachSHORE5Down16 A revealing take-off?STRIP5Down18 RushREED4Down18 EerieWEIRD5Down18 CheerHEARTEN7Down19 Country girl's examinationPERUSAL7Down19 Baby's toyRATTLE6Down21 Is this cup for pedestrian sport?WALKER6Down21 ConcernINTEREST8Down21 Push in so as to hurtPUNISH6Down22 Not weakSTRONG6Down22 ReposeREST4Down23 AssertALLEGE6Down23 Cut a key in crude fashionREDUCE6Down23 DregsLEES4Down25 A flier, but the fathead doesn't get far!FINCH5Down25 Glazing pastePUTTY5Down25 Keep William informedTELL4Down26 StepPACE4Down26 ActDEED4Down26 Joined with a short lineMET3Down28 ContendVIE3Down28 WorshippedADORED6Down29 ShoutedYELLED6Down30 SmudgeSMEAR5Down32 FlagIRIS4Down34 InactiveIDLE4Down36 ObtainGET3Down40

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