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Evening Standard Crossword July 24 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 131 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 24 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 131 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#
LoftATTIC5Across3 MarinerSAILOR6Across4 He went inventively ahead as a physicistNEWTON6Across4 Rare show animal?WARHORSE8Across7 SnakeANACONDA8Across7 The businesslike plan of a woman embracing a generalAGENDA6Across8 Bicycle for twoTANDEM6Across8 EnjoyRELISH6Across9 Ordered pileSTACK5Across10 BloatedTURGID6Across10 School of love in the wild westSTOWE5Across10 CostPRICE5Across11 ExchangeSWAP4Across12 Discontinue giving a doctor workDROP4Across13 PiecesBITS4Across13 AtmosphereAURA4Across14 It's a good sign when Henry gets a duck!HALO4Across14 Home is where the eggs areNEST4Across15 RelativeAUNT4Across15 CupolaDOME4Across15 Being a lout means nothing to a fatheadOAF3Across16 Hit lightlyPAT3Across16 An end-of-term mark to handicap one seriouslyMAIM4Across17 RelationKINSMAN7Across17 Loud explosionBANG4Across17 Old Bob had to sing about this countryside featureHILL4Across19 PrimatesAPES4Across19 ConflictWAR3Across20 Arrived during the tea break for a drinkTABLEWINE9Across21 Clove pinkCARNATION9Across21 SubjectTOPIC5Across21 Festive occasionGALA4Across23 Containers used at two points?BINS4Across23 MountHILL4Across23 Food hashed up at the American centreRICE4Across24 Skeleton partBONE4Across24 ThumpTHUD4Across25 SkillART3Across26 Rest of the gameNAP3Across26 PatternMODEL5Across26 Just one soldier's outfit?UNIT4Across27 Kick, informallyBOOT4Across27 ExcavatedDUG3Across28 The sound of favourite music round the cornerPLOP4Across29 Send by postMAIL4Across29 MadmanLUNATIC7Across30 Revolutionary, but without much dash?TROT4Across32 Public poolLIDO4Across32 Keep the Italian away from Estoril somehow!STORE5Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 DashELAN4Across33 Thora Hird's parts?THIRDS6Across34 CountryMEXICO6Across34 Dynamic, exciting, possibly shocking?ELECTRIC8Across35 BrollyUMBRELLA8Across35 TimbreTONE4Across35 Line on a weather mapISOBAR6Across36 Best suitTRUMPS6Across36 GroundEARTH5Across36 UnrollUNFURL6Across38 AlcoveRECESS6Across39 Extra-terrestrialALIEN5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Light woodBALSA5Down1 Half of us want to be smartSWISH5Down1 AgileBRISK5Down1 Detection systemRADAR5Down2 How Dolores starts to show excessive enthusiasmDROOL5Down2 GatherGLEAN5Down2 Cutlery itemFORK4Down3 Move quickly to central Harlesden with a girlHOPE4Down3 SerpentASP3Down3 Glossy fabricSATIN5Down4 GulletTHROAT6Down4 Earns the opportunity to make approachesNEARS5Down4 IrritationITCH4Down5 TavernsINNS4Down5 Cry a little, softlyWEEP4Down5 HintCUE3Down6 Musical dramasOPERAS6Down6 A tough time struggling to reload?ORDEAL6Down6 RadiantAGLOW5Down7 ViperADDER5Down8 AchieveATTAIN6Down9 Try and maybe hit a century in old-fashioned styleGOTHIC6Down9 TowboatTUG3Down11 It's a bit matey to raise one's hatTAM3Down11 Lady from a western stateWOMAN5Down12 ConspiracyCABAL5Down12 DesirousWISHFUL7Down13 Tim Reed's foolish faultDEMERIT7Down13 Imaginary source of fearBUGABOO7Down13 HymnPSALM5Down14 Zero raised in cashNIL3Down15 Girl's nameANN3Down15 A Tyrolean name?OLE3Down16 FuddledMAUDLIN7Down16 Female swanPEN3Down16 NewNOVEL5Down18 It's so ridiculous there's a theatre of it!ABSURD6Down18 Middle Eastern languageARABIC6Down18 IntelligenceWIT3Down19 Clumsy in disturbing a petINEPT5Down20 OdesPOEMS5Down20 FelineCAT3Down21 It's helpful (especially in cash?)TIP3Down21 ToddlerTOT3Down22 With breathless humour!WIT3Down22 DeceiveCHEAT5Down22 WelcomesGREETS6Down23 Swimmer out of breath?BATHER6Down23 HewLOP3Down24 ConcealedHID3Down25 High point that turns up in rotationTOR3Down25 GleamLUSTRE6Down27 Snoops, possibly during lessonsNOSES5Down28 ObjectDEMUR5Down28 SmellODOUR5Down28 BlunderGAFFE5Down29 Church gangwayAISLE5Down30 Where, in France, one appears in a dramatic partLOIRE5Down30 PulledTOWED5Down31 LawfulLEGAL5Down31 Write at half pace for low pay!PENCE5Down31 Arm, for exampleLIMB4Down32 StopCEASE5Down32 A haircut to excite endless mirth?TRIM4Down32 A right or left one?SOCK4Down33 Land measureACRE4Down33 DanceBALL4Down34 AgeERA3Down36 FowlHEN3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. 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.