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Evening Standard Crossword July 27 2018 Answers

Friday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 27 2018 answers. The Friday puzzle has 127 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#
HarvestCROP4Across1 FriendPAL3Across4 IgnobleBASE4Across6 VaseURN3Across9 Begin to talk about one taking to drinkORIGINATE9Across9 VaccinateINOCULATE9Across9 AffairBUSINESS8Across10 Not knowing the thread had fallen into the inkINTHEDARK9Across10 Dark brown colourCHOCOLATE9Across10 DetailITEM4Across11 DenLAIR4Across12 A soft light, pleasePRAY4Across12 Winter sportsmanSKATER6Across13 The room needs a dust badly. I will get round to itSTUDIO6Across13 Tomato sauceKETCHUP7Across14 ChartMAP3Across14 Attacks the insects surrounding the animalBERATES7Across14 Loud-hailerMEGAPHONE9Across15 Appalled at having broken?SHATTERED9Across15 StockSTORE5Across16 MineralINORGANIC9Across17 The one making the speech is the bowlerDELIVERER9Across17 Sudden attackSEIZURE7Across18 They make for the woodsDRIVERS7Across18 SanctuaryASYLUM6Across19 Underline “anxiety”STRESS6Across19 ToiledLABOURED8Across19 Shut up after a firm “Get work”COOP4Across20 MeatBEEF4Across20 KindGENUS5Across21 MealBREAKFAST9Across23 NightDARKNESS8Across23 Was fast and furious: the sea being roughMADEHASTE9Across23 StrictSTERN5Across24 Save money by getting a local jobBARTENDER9Across25 Exactly the sameIDENTICAL9Across25 Period before EasterLENT4Across26 “Squandered” has a sad sound to itBLEW4Across26 Record coverSLEEVE6Across27 Is depressed about, when you repudiateDISOWN6Across27 BalladLAY3Across27 FruitAPRICOT7Across29 Very happy, now the train is moving outRADIANT7Across29 PrisonGAOL4Across31 Help the ladies carry out and put awayLAIDASIDE9Across32 Levelled the scoresEQUALISED9Across32 FriendlyAMICABLE8Across33 EdifyingWHOLESOME9Across34 Stuff the man’s with meatPETERSHAM9Across34 BoltedFLED4Across35 Balkan countryALBANIA7Across35 Bag and keep everybody in detentionHOLDALL7Across35 ClamourDIN3Across36 UsualNORMAL6Across36 Cut back to the relations as they put the children to bedTUCKIN6Across36 Prison roomCELL4Across37 DeadenedNUMB4Across37 It’s rotten being short of moneyPOOR4Across37 Type of paintingLANDSCAPE9Across38 A Mrs Green ordering a duckMERGANSER9Across38 Joining upENLISTING9Across39 One’s utmost to get even?LEVELBEST9Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
CertificatesDIPLOMAS8Down1 Either created or was cool and calmCOMPOSED8Down1 BirdHOMINGPIGEON12Down2 Hale and hearty though bowed?FITASAFIDDLE12Down2 RakeROUE4Down2 SpineBACKBONE8Down3 In the past, impressionistic bird designsPATTERNS8Down3 BucketPAIL4Down3 ReadyPREPARED8Down4 MiddleCENTRE6Down4 Was inclined to, if one cared forTENDED6Down4 MislayLOSE4Down5 DearthSCARCITY8Down5 Complaint from the messDISORDER8Down5 ConstructedBUILT5Down6 Take industrial actionWORKTORULE10Down6 In the main, it’s a great levellerSTABILISER10Down6 SkillART3Down7 PrisonerHOSTAGE7Down7 Scold for getting the material overprocessedREPROVE7Down7 GibeSNEER5Down8 DeferentialRESPECTFUL10Down8 When it comes to tall stories, this beats all!SKYSCRAPER10Down8 A fellow having a half of bitter as a chaserAFTER5Down11 PaleASHEN5Down11 GroupCLASS5Down12 FatOBESE5Down13 TankardMUG3Down14 PunitivePENAL5Down15 SpiritedPLUCKY6Down16 Allow the nippers to put in an appearanceTEETHE6Down16 BidOFFER5Down17 DeleteERASE5Down18 AppropriateAPT3Down19 Understand, when the note is soundedSEE3Down19 LengthDURATION8Down20 Reference bookENCYCLOPEDIA12Down21 An outdated drink?OLDFASHIONED12Down21 Go without foodSTARVE6Down22 As chief, he doesn’t succeedLEADER6Down22 HeavensSKY3Down22 CredibleBELIEVABLE10Down23 Is it not still providing you with accommodation?MOBILEHOME10Down23 Ordinary sailorABLESEAMAN10Down24 Not having a ghost of eagerness and energy?SPIRITLESS10Down24 Don’t allow to catch upBAN3Down25 TrackTRAIL5Down25 AngerIRE3Down25 ReignedRULED5Down26 It’s clear anger does exhaust oneOVERTIRE8Down28 AttackRAID4Down28 ImperilENDANGER8Down28 WinGAIN4Down29 LovableADORABLE8Down29 Get back again at three, with a girlRETRIEVE8Down29 SlenderSLIM4Down30 Study of GodTHEOLOGY8Down30 Yet, perhaps, deserve to be admitted, having boldnessTEMERITY8Down30 On the surface, would appear to be the first Scotsman everMACADAM7Down31 AilmentILLNESS7Down31 MineralORE3Down32 Angry, I left in “backward and a shirker”IDLER5Down33 Of a townURBAN5Down33 Preserve from troublePICKLE6Down34 Prison guardWARDER6Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 27, 2018. 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.