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Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2020 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2020 answers. The Tuesday 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#
Steering deviceWHEEL5Across1 Floor fabricCARPET6Across1 By getting a donkey out of the pitABYSS5Across1 HolySACRED6Across5 A jump start’s a bit doubtful for the momentJIFFY5Across6 Grieve overMOURN5Across6 InheritanceDOWER5Across9 Scared of a nice little chap?CHICKEN7Across9 Wool fatLANOLIN7Across9 BirdEAGLET6Across10 Its metallic qualities are not uniqueALLOY5Across10 Watch bandSTRAP5Across10 FlinchedWINCED6Across11 Beast of burdenLLAMA5Across11 A picture for public displaySCENE5Across11 SuitablyAPTLY5Across12 CalledNAMED5Across12 No quarter!FIFTH5Across12 Bungled by somebody out to etch exceptionallyBOTCHED7Across13 TruthfulnessHONESTY7Across13 DrossSCUM4Across14 Black plane?JET3Across15 Apple seedPIP3Across15 ElderlyAGED4Across17 A hut in this state is ramshackleUTAH4Across17 YouthLAD3Across17 Does it taste like beef?GROUSE6Across18 AureoleCORONA6Across18 PresentHERE4Across18 Hairdresser’s shopSALON5Across19 Not exactly yours for a timeHOURS5Across19 HappeningsEVENTS6Across20 It’s in Brno, possibly, you’ll find an islanderBRITON6Across20 ConsumedEATEN5Across20 QuoteCITE4Across22 Cereal from central Hampshire, in the pastSAGO4Across22 AssessedRATED5Across22 TurnedROTATED7Across23 Still the old-fashioned central heatingYET3Across24 WhiskersBEARD5Across24 SpoilMAR3Across24 RichWEALTHY7Across25 Person nominally uncertainANOTHER7Across25 Points out the informerSNOUT5Across26 PostponeDEFER5Across26 Secret agentsSPIES5Across26 Tear into small piecesRIPUP5Across27 Not a fair result, that’s definite!FIXED5Across27 Runs off with some hardwareBOLTS5Across28 Of sound or hearingAUDIO5Across28 Nonet I’m arranging, sayMENTION7Across29 ReactRESPOND7Across29 WhirlpoolEDDY4Across29 Sid hides his appreciation of being soberSTAID5Across30 Cut offSEVER5Across30 CrowdMOB3Across30 Sorts, kindsTYPES5Across31 Wild rage leads to ultimate trouble, you’ll admitAGREE5Across31 OnlySOLE4Across32 Wall-paintingMURAL5Across33 LoathsomeODIOUS6Across35 BurdenSADDLE6Across36 PrincipleTENET5Across37 SmoothedEVENED6Across38 WreckageDEBRIS6Across39

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
FoldCREASE6Down1 Sausage in a rollHOTDOG6Down2 StewRAGOUT6Down2 It’s a matter of choiceBALLOT6Down2 Burn up the trackSCORCH6Down3 ParadiseEDEN4Down3 Very happyELATED6Down3 SumTOTAL5Down4 Diffident means less than pushySHY3Down4 CircuitLAP3Down4 StitchedSEWED5Down5 The sharp way to get electricity free!ACRID5Down5 Remembrance flowerPOPPY5Down5 ParchedARID4Down6 Courtly old foolsJESTERS7Down6 A thousand thousandsMILLION7Down6 SolelyONLY4Down7 FireworkROCKET6Down7 Not far from the chinINCH4Down7 Barriers against crooks?FENCES6Down8 StayREMAIN6Down8 EvadedDODGED6Down8 Book of mapsATLAS5Down12 Lifelong criminal?FELON5Down12 BullfighterMATADOR7Down13 When a vehicle gets past, this protects the headBUSBY5Down13 SeraglioHAREM5Down13 Act it out without a wordTACIT5Down14 At no timeNEVER5Down14 TrappedCAGED5Down15 Had to return for a just a share of the old landJUDAH5Down15 PostulatePOSIT5Down15 BlitheMERRY5Down16 Quick, livelyPACEY5Down16 In opera, maybe, he turned up in a coronetTENOR5Down16 HellHADES5Down18 Traffic markersCONES5Down18 Immigrants allowance?GRANT5Down18 Pursued doggedlyHOUNDED7Down19 SpreeREVEL5Down19 Plug, bungSTOPPER7Down19 Oppose? Yes, among other thingsRESIST6Down21 BowNOD3Down21 Travelling caseVALISE6Down21 OvercastCLOUDY6Down22 ColourRED3Down22 Such a porter may be stoutSTRONG6Down22 Three timesTHRICE6Down23 Not strong enough to get off the hook?GENTLE6Down23 SuitBECOME6Down24 Sheds tearsWEEPS5Down25 Relatively, they saunter around without hesitationAUNTS5Down25 WorshipADMIRE6Down25 The housemistress’s half?SEMI4Down26 CertainSURE4Down26 Cattle foodFODDER6Down27 It’s apt to eat something crushedBOA3Down28 NicheRECESS6Down28 Insect typeANT3Down28 PonderedMUSED5Down30 FoundedBASED5Down31 SilentMUTE4Down33 TardyLATE4Down34

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. 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.