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Evening Standard Crossword July 23 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 23 2020 answers. The Thursday 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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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
UniverseCOSMOS6Across1 FondleCARESS6Across4 They may well be only humanBIPEDS6Across4 Hymn bookHYMNAL6Across5 LinoleumOILCLOTH8Across7 A drink for the inexperienced?GREENTEA8Across7 Utterly audible!SPOKEN6Across8 NormSTANDARD8Across8 Counting deviceABACUS6Across8 SoonANON4Across9 Let money relieve mattersLEASE5Across10 BurstPOP3Across10 Long difficult journeysTREKS5Across10 ReddenBLUSH5Across12 Feeble fellow always falling down?DRIP4Across13 StandardNORM4Across13 Brave manHERO4Across14 It’s right on the mapEAST4Across14 Sit for an artistPOSE4Across15 The Green twins?PEAS4Across15 TapPAT3Across15 A number possibly looking crossTEN3Across16 Lemonade, sayPOP3Across16 Being stony is nothing, mateOPAL4Across17 PrecipitationRAIN4Across17 MeadowLEA3Across17 EpochERA3Across18 Stepped on a split-ended stickTROD4Across19 Former Russian emperorTSAR4Across19 VegetablePEA3Across19 HeaddressTIARA5Across20 Sort of government partly of concern to pit workers?COALITION9Across21 Sugar peaMANGETOUT9Across21 RegretRUE3Across21 AlsoTOO3Across22 Pretty girl, maybe a bit squawkyPOLL4Across23 TankVAT3Across23 StopperBUNG4Across23 Shade, tintTONE4Across24 Fish eggsROE3Across24 Turn left at Land’s End, and there’s a sort of mineGOLD4Across24 PennilessNEEDY5Across26 Opposite of newOLD3Across26 Old-fashioned youth centreOUT3Across26 Pale due to having a fling?ASHY4Across27 Musical instrumentOBOE4Across27 A raffle or lotteryDRAW4Across29 The ages of noted artists?ERAS4Across29 StillYET3Across29 He resembles Sir Walter no end!SCOT4Across32 Group of threeTRIO4Across32 Disreputable place for a smoke?JOINT5Across33 SymbolSIGN4Across33 Party, slangBEANO5Across33 Frenchified setting?MILIEU6Across34 HiddenULTERIOR8Across34 For exampleSUCHAS6Across34 Count art, if unconventional, as renegade!TURNCOAT8Across35 DisregardIGNORE6Across35 HurdleOBSTACLE8Across35 Possibly show round the house, not in silenceWHOOSH6Across36 TornRIPPED6Across36 MotiveREASON6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
July, sayMONTH5Down1 An American, to the French, is athleticAGILE5Down1 ChangeALTER5Down2 SurpassOUTDO5Down2 Artist, to some degree Anglo SaxonDEGAS5Down2 Formerly in concealmentONCE4Down3 PitMINE4Down3 In additionPLUS4Down3 One place where bachelors can join the artilleryBASRA5Down4 BoothSTALL5Down4 Utter confusionCHAOS5Down4 Support for the small business ownerPROP4Down5 HellHADES5Down5 WanderROAM4Down5 Out East, the couple watched what they ateDIETED6Down6 IntendMEAN4Down6 Dazed stateSTUPOR6Down6 FragranceAROMA5Down7 A bit of a bloomerPISTIL6Down9 Native of BrittanyBRETON6Down9 EssayPAPER5Down10 A listener to something corny?EAR3Down11 SheetPLATE5Down11 ColourRED3Down11 Without love, this supporter may be lostSTOOL5Down12 Book of IslamKORAN5Down12 ClubBATON5Down12 Being Turkish, is sweetDELIGHT7Down13 CustomUSAGE5Down13 Not veryNONETOO7Down13 WeightyHEAVY5Down14 Amiable choral piece – on the piano!PAL3Down15 Farm animalPIG3Down15 CelebrationPARTY5Down15 HandleTREAT5Down16 Too fast for the road junction aheadTON3Down16 Light stroke or tapPAT3Down16 A fine place for dad to do up his shoes!PALACE6Down18 MohairANGORA6Down18 Where the cowboy couldn’t stay on a horse?RODEO5Down20 Soft leatherSUEDE5Down20 I don’t remember getting much sleep in itCOT3Down21 Wet soft earthy matterMUD3Down21 For which Topsy would have given both pence and shillings?TOY3Down22 Foot partTOE3Down22 Female garmentBLOUSE6Down23 Unship in a way to cause hurtPUNISH6Down23 DueOWING5Down25 Chap with a masterly way?MAN3Down25 Football supporterFAN3Down25 EscapeELUDE5Down27 BuffaloBISON5Down28 Sunny side down?SOUTH5Down28 DissuadeDETER5Down28 American cattle farmRANCH5Down30 ElicitEVOKE5Down30 City with quiet centre amid iron productionRIPON5Down30 Adult femalesWOMEN5Down31 UnfastenUNDO4Down31 Declare in doubtful tasteSTATE5Down31 ThereforeTHUS4Down32 Form of soil from which to get fodder?SILO4Down32 SupportPROP4Down32 Useless vessel?JUNK4Down33 2nd Greek letterBETA4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 23, 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.