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Evening Standard Crossword July 25 2023 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 129 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 25 2023 answers. The Tuesday puzzle has 129 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#
ZestGUSTO5Across1 Precocious girlMADAM5Across3 Fabric many are reluctant to makeCLOTH5Across3 SpottingSEEING6Across5 Farm centre managed on a Scottish islandARRAN5Across8 SeraphANGEL5Across8 Tear apartRIPUP5Across8 MinorLESSER6Across10 Came out as a silly ode about AustraliaOOZED5Across10 RotDECAY5Across10 GreedyAVID4Across11 Ring the film centre for something smoothOIL3Across11 PitchTAR3Across11 A capital Italian perfumeAROMA5Across12 Iraqi portBASRA5Across12 HangsDANGLES7Across13 Fish out many a man to orderCOMMAND7Across13 ObviousPATENT6Across14 BeginningONSET5Across15 GuidedSTEERED7Across15 Pointed British Rail publicity?BRADS5Across15 He heartens outsidersSID3Across18 BornNEE3Across18 StriplingLAD3Across18 Mannish in a youthful way?BOYISH6Across19 SummitTOP3Across19 Senior nurseSISTER6Across19 Elaborate paradePAGEANT7Across21 Just the place for fishy birds?HERONRY7Across21 CartDRAY4Across21 Make, afresh, a bit of an appealPLEA4Across22 FibberLIAR4Across22 PrincipleTENET5Across23 PermitsLETS4Across23 One spent in South Africa?RAND4Across23 Place to stay for little payPENSION7Across24 Seem probableBIDFAIR7Across24 ForbiddingGRIM4Across24 One who shuts up and gets more intimate?CLOSER6Across26 Of the starsASTRAL6Across26 FellowDON3Across27 HealthyFIT3Across29 A shot at goal?TRY3Across29 A flier like IdaEIDER5Across31 DishRAMEKIN7Across31 Girl's nameSUSAN5Across31 The wild gale came to a strange end, one gatheredGLEANED7Across32 AgedELDERLY7Across32 PostedMAILED6Across32 Is a woman with offspringISSUE5Across34 LocationSITE4Across34 Canal boatBARGE5Across34 A fortune in zlotyLOT3Across35 MenuTARIFF6Across35 RodentRAT3Across35 Animal whose horn is broken just about in half!RHINO5Across36 TarnishSTAIN5Across36 Wherein high living is apt to be cheapATTIC5Across37 PranceCAPER5Across37 Low-growing plantDAISY5Across38 Two-thirds of the men prosecute, as will be consequentialENSUE5Across38 ChasmABYSS5Across38 BurrowTUNNEL6Across39 TrivialPETTY5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
EssentialVITAL5Down1 Can one ever go straight?CROOK5Down1 HousebreakerBURGLAR7Down2 EmployUSE3Down2 A large wet area, and that's flat!CALMSEA7Down2 ExperiencedTASTED6Down3 UnfortunatelyALAS4Down4 IndividualONE3Down4 Gosh - a nobleman!LORD4Down4 SmackSLAP4Down5 Is she a cat to a lad?TOMBOY6Down5 SkilfulADROIT6Down5 LeftEXITED6Down6 IntendsMEANS5Down6 Like an old and gory rhymeHOARY5Down6 AristocracyGENTRY6Down7 One receiving moneyPAYEE5Down7 Are there a number of them on one coin?HEADS5Down7 Cooking vesselPAN3Down9 SalutedGREETED7Down9 Border of Antrim?RIM3Down9 TormentBEDEVIL7Down12 One southern port in HampshireANDOVER7Down12 VehicleVAN3Down12 CaribouDEER4Down13 It's fresh outAIR3Down14 InsulateLAG3Down14 RankTIER4Down16 Being Irish, a first-class fellowAIDAN5Down16 GuideSTEER5Down16 GiverDONOR5Down17 Tending to keep one's activities darkSHADY5Down17 NonsenseTRASH5Down17 Show annoyance with a troublesome blister?BRISTLE7Down19 StealSNAFFLE7Down19 Assumed nameALIAS5Down20 PunishmentPENALTY7Down20 Such suits are appropriately roomySPACE5Down20 GaspsPANTS5Down21 As king, was he on a perch?HEROD5Down21 WineASTI4Down22 Word for wordLITERAL7Down23 Payment for top peopleROYALTY7Down23 Boring-toolGIMLET6Down24 FruitBANANA6Down24 Anybody going by with a boyPERSON6Down24 FlagIRIS4Down25 AssistAID3Down25 Directorial displeasure?IRE3Down25 SlanderMALIGN6Down26 Quick to move out of ClitheroeLITHE5Down27 SetSUITE5Down27 Funeral-carHEARSE6Down28 Parisians wouldn't call it a flower, so nor will I!SEINE5Down28 Of rabiesRABID5Down28 It's wrong to be fed out when smelling badFETID5Down30 FavouritePET3Down30 ChangeALTER5Down30 OvaEGGS4Down32 In touring Uruguay, you need a guide or leaderGURU4Down32 Denial from Number Ten, initiallyNOT3Down33 TradeDEAL4Down33 KnockRAP3Down33 SerpentASP3Down36 ObeseFAT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. 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.