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Evening Standard Crossword July 27 2023 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 27 2023 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 128 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#
BrigandBANDIT6Across1 Crazy chap, by one accountMANIAC6Across1 TrademarkBRAND5Across2 Food of the godsAMBROSIA8Across7 RevelSPREE5Across7 It gets a fellow called 'Sir'ACCOLADE8Across7 Ostentatious show dog pursued by coppersPOMP4Across8 LampoonSPOOF5Across8 Body powderTALC4Across8 Makes up for having no seat, somehowATONES6Across10 ClassGENUS5Across10 Bad luck, informallyHOODOO6Across10 A piece of questionable length?STRING6Across11 Seize in transitHIJACK6Across11 VaseURN3Across12 PurloinSTEAL5Across13 A tax formerly fixedSET3Across14 DowelPEG3Across14 HideSECRETE7Across15 The Italian man about town!MILAN5Across16 StoriesTALES5Across16 The ship had cast offSHED4Across17 PrecipitationRAIN4Across17 ThinnerLEANER6Across17 Dad was first to have looked wanPALED5Across19 TinCAN3Across19 BetWAGER5Across19 DeceivedDELUDED7Across20 Elia directed films in the cityKAZAN5Across21 Stringed instrumentSITAR5Across21 Boy's nameDENIS5Across22 Made a heap of money in a colourful casePILED5Across22 RowTIER4Across23 Today's heartless 'plays'TOYS4Across23 FastenedTIED4Across23 ExpensiveDEAR4Across25 OrdainedDECREED7Across26 The Thames has one, so it naturally holds waterBASIN5Across26 Cheroot, sayCIGAR5Across26 GlueGUM3Across28 Clean up one's way of operating, on the quietMOP3Across28 If you're obstructive, I'm deep in distressIMPEDE6Across29 Handsome youthADONIS6Across29 ProsecuteSUE3Across30 Road rage, it seems, is just an illusionMIRAGE6Across30 Change in formMUTATE6Across30 A botanical angleAXIL4Across31 OustDEPOSE6Across31 Minute particleATOM4Across31 Is from the Grenadiers, possibly, this workerGARDENER8Across32 BrawnyMUSCULAR8Across32 Kits me out for a showKISMET6Across33 Ornamental tuftTASSEL6Across33 AchievementSUCCESS7Across34 SubsequentlyLATER5Across37 OwingDUE3Across38 StaidSOBER5Across39 CarriedBORNE5Across40 TautTENSE5Across41 YieldedCEDED5Across42

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Gongs finally heard during mealsMEDALS6Down1 TroubleBOTHER6Down1 MaliceSPITE5Down1 Damp downDEADEN6Down2 Flattened by a hard manIRONED6Down2 StartedBEGAN5Down2 Mexican snackTACO4Down3 Headgear up in spaceCAPS4Down3 StaggeredREELED6Down3 IntelligenceNOUS4Down4 RefereeARBITER7Down4 Servants, it seems, are very short!FOOTMEN7Down4 RejectedSPURNED7Down5 Quibble about Calvin embracing VioletCAVIL5Down5 CustomaryUSUAL5Down5 PeriodMONTH5Down6 Chops wildlyHACKS5Down6 Governors do so in foreign partsREIGN5Down6 Pith helmetTOPI4Down8 The position to ask questions?POSE4Down8 Keep a record ofLOG3Down9 MineralORE3Down9 Short line in a timetableMET3Down9 ObtainedSECURED7Down11 The right I had to be disburdenedRID3Down12 Jam containerJAR3Down12 Childminder who acts the goatNANNY5Down13 StopCEASE5Down13 IndolenceSLOTH5Down13 RelaxedEASED5Down14 She's a nut!HAZEL5Down15 ProportionRATIO5Down15 RotterCAD3Down16 PungentACRID5Down18 SubdueREPRESS7Down18 The rent-a-staff manHIRAM5Down18 Be victoriousWIN3Down19 Friend with a false heart on the quietPAL3Down19 FuelGAS3Down20 Has he a stable job?LAD3Down20 Related to a benevolent revolutionaryKINDRED7Down21 StorehouseDEPOT5Down21 SolemnSERIOUS7Down21 CommandORDER5Down22 Karate expertDAN3Down22 Bird food?PIE3Down22 TeachersTUTORS6Down23 Politicians dealing with riots out EastTORIES6Down23 Mineral substance, optimal but namelessOPAL4Down24 FallDESCENT7Down24 Mosque prayer leaderIMAM4Down24 Raise fees for it, if you think appropriateSEEFIT6Down25 RegretfulRUEFUL6Down25 PacifiesCALMS5Down26 A game outcryBINGO5Down26 WhinGORSE5Down27 SignalCUE3Down27 Are such ribs extra?SPARE5Down27 IntestineGUT3Down28 Confuse the figuresMIX3Down28 EraseDELETE6Down28 GloryKUDOS5Down29 MarketMART4Down30 Award him pointsMARK4Down30 PeeledPARED5Down32 FeelingSENSE5Down33 DogCUR3Down35 OnlySOLE4Down36

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