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Evening Standard Crossword July 26 2024 Answers

Friday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 26 2024 answers. The Friday puzzle has 130 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#
WreatheTWIST5Across1 SnuggleHUDDLE6Across5 UnpleasantNASTY5Across8 Kept quiet and bookedPRESERVED9Across9 SportATHLETICS9Across9 SponsorshipPATRONAGE9Across10 ObserveREMARK6Across10 Favouring the proposal to have an advertising campaignPROMOTION9Across10 ScoffMOCK4Across11 For the trip in, about one dayRIDE4Across12 NakedBARE4Across12 Educational qualificationDEGREE6Across13 Make no move to anaesthetiseFREEZE6Across13 Capital of KenyaNAIROBI7Across14 IndigenousNATIVE6Across14 Shudder at having to compete with the awful child in itVIBRATE7Across14 The delight you feel when you see your bus coming?TRANSPORT9Across15 FetterSHACKLE7Across15 DissonanceCACOPHONY9Across15 Don't forget to pick it up againRECOLLECT9Across17 InsincereDISHONEST9Across17 Reckoned it means "with a pattern"FIGURED7Across18 WeightTON3Across18 SeriousEARNEST7Across18 Rule on, when carrying the raid outORDAIN6Across19 Golfer's assistantCADDIE6Across19 WhimFAD3Across19 PeruseSCAN4Across20 Shot back, madSTAB4Across20 ReposeREST4Across21 Sea fruit?CRABAPPLE9Across23 Facial hairMOUSTACHE9Across23 SeerAUGUR5Across23 StudBOSS4Across24 A pebble on the beach?SANDSTONE9Across25 CrowdMULTITUDE9Across25 Make the acquaintance of and be full of, on returnMEET4Across26 Ballet skirtTUTU4Across26 VoucherCOUPON6Across27 AllowLET3Across27 Recommend that you should tellADVISE6Across27 LeopardPANTHER7Across29 CircuitLAP3Across29 A temp in some hole-in-the-wall job?STOPGAP7Across29 RetortRIPOSTE7Across31 SpiralledCOILED6Across32 Thinks up possible reasons for the zero increments?THEORISES9Across32 DeitiesGODDESSES9Across32 ChrysalisPUPA4Across34 Nonsense! Go in to hector the demonstratorPROTESTER9Across34 CounterfeitIMITATION9Across34 MaintainUPHOLD6Across35 Going through the list, I really enjoy myselfROISTER7Across35 Tidal waveTSUNAMI7Across35 One son, Nigel: he's most peculiarSINGLE6Across36 Spanish monetary unitPESETA6Across36 HotpotSTEW4Across37 Hadn't paid for the round we hadOWED4Across37 PassedOVERTAKEN9Across38 SkirmishMELEE5Across38 About the meal out, say it's an impasseSTALEMATE9Across38 Type of windNORTHERLY9Across39 To do with the origins of the moneyRESOURCES9Across39 ProtectSCREEN6Across39 VeracityTRUTH5Across40

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Cutting through it, if first given a drinkAPERITIF8Down1 Outdoor mealBARBECUE8Down1 Electrical faultSHORTCIRCUIT12Down2 Means of communicating with the next world?DEADLANGUAGE12Down2 SorrowWOE3Down2 Rescue vesselLIFEBOAT8Down3 Charge too muchOVERLOAD8Down3 GrabSNATCH6Down3 Off courseASTRAY6Down4 Coming a day before the openingADVENT6Down4 SailorTAR3Down4 PsalmHYMN4Down5 ExcellentSPLENDID8Down5 Editor on a paper that folded, it seemedAPPEARED8Down5 Medical manDOCTOR6Down6 A certainty that the defendant will be found guilty?CONVICTION10Down6 ImpasseSTANDSTILL10Down6 ExcludingEXCEPT6Down7 It doesn't have a bull ring!COWBELL7Down7 Computer screenMONITOR7Down7 Like a first-class, though useless, gongUNBEATABLE10Down8 Sum of money sentREMITTANCE10Down8 AdroitSKILFUL7Down9 The leg that is held up in the pictureIMAGE5Down11 LoveADORE5Down11 CerealOAT3Down12 CattleKINE4Down13 Are crying out for a sun salveSCREAM6Down16 AttractivePRETTY6Down16 NimbusHALO4Down16 KeenEAGER5Down17 Snooker stickCUE3Down19 Person you first have to reckon withONE3Down19 ObedientDUTIFUL7Down20 MedicineCOUGHMIXTURE12Down21 Believed on both occasions one hadn't acted rashlyTHOUGHTTWICE12Down21 YieldingSOFT4Down22 Capital of AustriaVIENNA6Down22 Has been running round again on the beachASHORE6Down22 ModerationMITIGATION10Down23 Get as far as "The others land"COMETOREST10Down23 MuscleBICEPS6Down24 He's left his car behind. There's nothing unusual in thatPEDESTRIAN10Down24 Eating implementsCHOPSTICKS10Down24 MalesMEN3Down25 Get me to meet with, face to faceSEE3Down25 SlideSLIP4Down25 GreetSALUTE6Down26 PesterBOTHER6Down28 DeferPOSTPONE8Down28 Was emphatic that the side isn't to be beatenINSISTED8Down28 ArtistsPAINTERS8Down29 Looking very clean, if you're not quite so hawk-eyedSPOTLESS8Down29 FugitivesRUNAWAYS8Down30 VigourPEP3Down30 Is taking part in the procession - absolute heaven!PARADISE8Down30 Said in the letter the bird, a tit, had flown inWRITTEN7Down31 PunishmentPENALTY7Down31 I land up covering for herERICA5Down33 CondemnDAMN4Down33 Two, in cardsDEUCE5Down33 MadINSANE6Down34 Where there's food, an insect will nose aboutPANTRY6Down34 FavouritePET3Down36 IlluminatedLIT3Down37

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 26, 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.