Evening Standard Crossword July 24 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 132 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 24 2020 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#

CeaseSTOP4Across1 EquipmentRIG3Across4 SmackSLAP4Across6 RotterCAD3Across9 It’s rolled perfectly – let’s have no arguments!THATSFLAT9Across9 Perfect specimenARCHETYPE9Across9 SubsideCOLLAPSE8Across10 Making contact with, for the purpose of getting money from?TOUCHING8Across10 HostagePRISONER8Across10 GemstoneOPAL4Across11 Make a mark when you pinchNICK4Across12 Border onABUT4Across12 In their struggle to capture victory, few do wellTHRIVE6Across13 DazeSTUPOR6Across13 About local food and foreignFINNISH7Across14 Pilot's compartmentCOCKPIT7Across14 FranticMAD3Across14 InterferingOFFICIOUS9Across15 “Remaining coherent to the last” is too difficult a clueINSOLUBLE9Across15 BuryINTER5Across16 What’s it for? Heavens to grind, dear, in curries!CORIANDER9Across17 Punctuation markSEMICOLON9Across17 A gnat buzzing round everybody and showing no fearGALLANT7Across18 InfantileBABYISH7Across18 HuggedEMBRACED8Across19 Regardless, whatever route you takeANYWAY6Across20 Nocturnal animalBADGER6Across20 Abominable snowmanYETI4Across21 RevoltREBEL5Across21 You find being in the stand hardTHEE4Across21 PainstakingDILIGENT8Across23 In the descent, he’s ahead of youANCESTOR8Across24 ImpliedIMPLICIT8Across24 SevereHARSH5Across24 Intensify the colour of the globe – an unusual blueREDOUBLE8Across26 Borrowing chargeINTEREST8Across26 GratuityTIP3Across27 For the cards, they’re real expertsACES4Across28 BeamsRAYS4Across28 Go on boardEMBARK6Across29 Prepared to be fired for being drunkLOADED6Across29 Laid-backRELAXED7Across31 SilentMUTE4Across31 The stuff the terribly fat fellow ate! Weird!TAFFETA7Across31 AttendancePRESENCE8Across33 On paper, wouldn’t you agree, is unqualified?DOWNRIGHT9Across34 HostMULTITUDE9Across34 WeightTON3Across34 LakeMERE4Across35 BeamRAY3Across36 Training manoeuvresEXERCISES9Across36 Managing, when writing the chequeMAKINGOUT9Across36 FastenedTIED4Across37 LockjawTETANUS7Across38 Think it will bounce backREFLECT7Across38 DismaysAPPALS6Across39 The plump fish next toCHUBBY6Across39 Young sheepLAMB4Across40 Quit the sideLEFT4Across40 Provide an excuse? Of course. Only too happy!PLEASURE8Across41 Of the brain or intellectCEREBRAL8Across41 Was not the first to have made goodSUCCEEDED9Across42 UnanimityCONSENSUS9Across42

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Underground cemeteryCATACOMB8Down1 Hoping to be elected to get kudosSTANDING8Down1 NapeSCRUFF6Down2 To carry a number of passengers, they’re ludicrousFARCES6Down2 ImplementTOOL4Down2 CanineEYETOOTH8Down3 Given a start, I had come ninth in itALPHABET8Down3 FadePALE4Down3 SupplantedREPLACED8Down4 EnticesTEMPTS6Down4 Find mine won’t workSTRIKE6Down4 IncreasedGREW4Down5 InformedAPPRISED8Down5 Tending to expand for a while – a yearSTRETCHY8Down5 DerideSCORN5Down6 EvadeCIRCUMVENT10Down6 Propose that you make it earlierPUTFORWARD10Down6 CircuitLAP3Down7 Cook upCONCOCT7Down7 Feature a comedian after the talkCHINWAG7Down7 SayingADAGE5Down8 Distant friendPENPAL6Down8 Open, or not drawnUNTIED6Down8 Dish he’s orderingCHARGER7Down11 ToolUTENSIL7Down11 CabinBERTH5Down12 DetestABHOR5Down13 SpoilMAR3Down14 LiabilityDEBIT5Down15 ColdCHILLY6Down16 Heavy and large, having a need to exerciseLEADEN6Down16 TestedTRIED5Down17 CourseROUTE5Down18 Open up to reveal a weaponLANCE5Down19 UnevenBUMPY5Down19 WagerBET3Down20 LiberationDELIVERY8Down20 Look dryAIR3Down20 English countyESSEX5Down22 EdgeLIP3Down22 Be forced to accept the number will decrease drasticallyHALVE5Down22 How it will take a breath before diving?PUFFIN6Down23 RompFROLIC6Down23 Despite the fact that the salesman didn’t act hastilyTHOUGHTOUT10Down25 MandatoryCOMPULSORY10Down25 SharpACUTE5Down25 ViewSCENE5Down26 AnnoyIRK3Down26 Free trip, almostRID3Down26 AdvancePROMOTE7Down27 Drifts back, flushed, into “The Flying Swan”WANDERS7Down27 BoxSPAR4Down28 StuntFEAT4Down29 PainACHE4Down30 TractableAMENABLE8Down30 No longer engaged to, is indifferentDETACHED8Down30 White wineRIESLING8Down31 Say you didn’t mean it, when you regain possessionTAKEBACK8Down31 It informs you how much of a rise you gotALTITUDE8Down32 HillTOR3Down32 UndeceiveDISABUSE8Down32 Near as possible to the left sideARSENAL7Down33 TrailblazerPIONEER7Down33 SudsLATHER6Down35 Talk vaguely about providing foodWAFFLE6Down35 Said the animal is no fool!MOUSSE6Down36 AnticipateEXPECT6Down36 Drove mad? Love, you exaggerate!OVERDO6Down37 Not denseSPARSE6Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 24, 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.