Evening Standard Crossword July 24 2026 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 24 2026 answers. The Friday puzzle has 135 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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TallyMATCH5Across3 Nails and studs may be required for themCOLLARS7Across8 Six-sided shapeHEXAGON7Across8 DistastefulREPUGNANT9Across9 SaveREDEEM6Across9 Don't have to leave the buildingGOWITHOUT9Across9 VentOUTLET6Across10 TendNURSE5Across11 AlwaysEVER4Across12 Urge in the papersPRESS5Across13 Body of waterOCEAN5Across13 Soft juicy fruitPEACH5Across14 To sleep in it would be inappropriateINAPT5Across14 ArriveCOME4Across15 Slowly writing the name of an Italian poetANDANTE7Across15 Accommodation for animalsLAIRAGE7Across15 Going round and sounding the alarmRINGING7Across16 MusicianFIDDLER7Across16 One animal of some wandering round in itMOOSE5Across17 Gleam brightlyGLINT5Across17 InferredDEDUCED7Across17 Frown, even more depressedLOWER5Across18 EnthusiasmOOMPH5Across18 FaucetTAP3Across20 A campaign to get people to use the roadsDRIVE5Across20 DisproveREBUT5Across20 FearDREAD5Across21 Feeling the effects of fastHUNGRY6Across22 Scottish clothTARTAN6Across22 With one again in the old environmentAGREED6Across23 ThoughtIDEA4Across23 Failed to hitMISSED6Across23 Use up the money once feeding aboutCONSUME7Across25 AdroitDEFT4Across25 Latest styleFASHION7Across25 InflexibleRIGID5Across26 Hold and look closely at a tin, shaking itCONTAIN7Across27 Mass of rockBOULDER7Across27 IntimidateCOW3Across28 In great numbersGALORE6Across30 By trapping the water, showing to be intelligentBRAINY6Across30 UnaffectedNATURAL7Across30 Upright postCOLUMN6Across31 Pester to rescind the dismissalKEEPON6Across31 Quote aloud a lotSIGHT5Across32 RegalROYAL5Across32 AfreshANEW4Across33 GangwayAISLE5Across35 Given a start, also increase in sizeSWELL5Across35 StoryTALE4Across35 Internal organHEART5Across36 LawfulLEGAL5Across36 When it's good and hot outside, leaveHOPIT5Across36 Needing help, having gone to earthINAHOLE7Across37 Make activeENLIVEN7Across37 PantryLARDER6Across38 To the extent that one's battling stillINSOFAR7Across39 Baked sweetSTRUDEL7Across39 ElfGOBLIN6Across39 PrincipleTENET5Across40 Colour of the flowerCREAM5Across41 Venomous snakeADDER5Across41 Make a hole in and stuffDRILL5Across42 StanzaVERSE5Across42 How long it took for your fears to be dissipatedFOURYEARS9Across43 VulnerableUNGUARDED9Across43 The nudes dancing round the two big-heads are cold-shoulderedSNUBBED7Across44 Very large cushionBEANBAG7Across44

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Protect from harmDEFEND6Down1 Appears to be a lure, or enticementCOMEON6Down1 LiberatedFREED5Down1 Armoured leather gloveGAUNTLET8Down2 One about to spill, clumsily, something in the cupboardALLSPICE8Down2 BorderedEDGED5Down2 Urban municipal authorityCORPORATION11Down3 Pity it is that onions are such a nuisance to peelCRYINGSHAME11Down3 MalesMEN3Down3 Of industrial artsTECHNICAL9Down4 Relax. Just tell the dog not to damage your slippersDONTWORRY9Down4 EntertainedAMUSED6Down4 PriceCOST4Down5 DichotomyDUALITY7Down5 Talks of having one infiltrate the thievesPIRATES7Down5 ColourHUE3Down6 Avoiding companyANTISOCIAL10Down6 Give some information on the outhouse livingSHEDALIGHT10Down6 ApportionALLOT5Down7 S. American IndianINCA4Down7 Getting a shock when you go roundTURN4Down7 PrecipitousSTEEP5Down8 Chest for valuablesCOFFER6Down10 Didn't destroy the water-colourSPARED6Down10 PestersBADGERS7Down11 Red that has cream mixed in with itCARMINE7Down11 Are embarrassed about having being raised byREARED6Down12 Acting techniqueMETHOD6Down12 MeatVENISON7Down13 SovereignRULER5Down14 War-likeMARTIAL7Down16 SewerDRAIN5Down18 WhimFAD3Down19 Unexplained eventMYSTERY7Down19 This Willow may be sadWEEPING7Down19 One only, at the inside, you leave severely aloneISOLATE7Down21 Small sturdy houndsBEAGLES7Down21 OutcomingDEBUT5Down22 A noise you hear in your head though not madSOUNDINMIND11Down24 DejectedDOWNHEARTED11Down24 ObjectiveAIM3Down24 DreadfulHORRENDOUS10Down26 One way to describe what a bachelor eatsSINGLEFARE10Down26 HarmDAMAGE6Down27 Effervescent beverageSODAWATER9Down28 Be on point dutyKEEPSCORE9Down28 WireCABLE5Down28 Saw the son shotSPOTTED7Down29 TiredWEARY5Down29 SecurityCUSTODY7Down29 Move or be going to moveBESTIR6Down30 Void of expressionGLASSY6Down30 RecoverRALLY5Down31 PertinentRELEVANT8Down32 Adheres to what one said and is available when neededSTANDSBY8Down32 InclinedLEANT5Down32 He sings three timesTREBLE6Down33 CavalrymanLANCER6Down33 Delighted when the child has a bad dreamCHARMED7Down34 LakeMERE4Down34 Acute intestinal infectionCHOLERA7Down34 PermitLET3Down36 FateLOT3Down37 Show over, having left one insideOLIVER6Down38 Using wordsVERBAL6Down38 A crack in the pictureSHOT4Down40 Smallest of litterRUNT4Down40

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