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Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2021 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 124 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2021 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 124 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#
Martial artKUNGFU6Across1 DifficultHARD4Across1 In fact, the worst conclusion possibly hurtsTRUTHS6Across1 ObeseFAT3Across4 SingerALTO4Across6 Eye diseaseGLAUCOMA8Across7 The remaining six balls, evidently not neededLEFTOVER8Across7 ChasePURSUE6Across8 I'm in Los Angeles, that great cityLIMA4Across8 SuretyBAIL4Across8 LazingIDLING6Across9 SerpentASP3Across10 Incarcerate to prevent further speeches?SHUTUP6Across10 VersePOETRY6Across10 YearlyANNUAL6Across11 Punishment about it is limitedFINITE6Across11 RefuteREBUT5Across12 Born asNEE3Across14 Legendary giant mastered by his partnerGOG3Across14 SoberSTAID5Across14 Foot leverPEDAL5Across15 Man's nameTOMMY5Across16 In the sun, perhaps, they get a bit of a red backNUDES5Across16 It flows to the southwest in a Scandinavian countryEDEN4Across17 EvaluateRATE4Across17 InstrumentGUITAR6Across18 The "cat" I have in courtCIVET5Across19 Bread makerBAKER5Across19 ApprovalASSENT6Across20 Support for a singer getting out of lineBASIS5Across21 To fatherBEGET5Across21 Many a man's term for a pompous little girlMADAM5Across22 ColourGREEN5Across22 FluctuateYOYO4Across23 Called up some strangersRANG4Across23 SailboatYACHT5Across24 ShinboneTIBIA5Across26 CompositionESSAY5Across26 Portable seat in an American saloonSEDAN5Across26 You won't find him in WeatherfieldHER3Across28 LongYEARN5Across28 EnclosurePEN3Across28 As worn beneath the tree-tops?TRUNKS6Across29 ImmediatelyATONCE6Across29 Pig penSTY3Across30 Eight pintsGALLON6Across30 Term of address for misguided brutes?BUSTER6Across30 Nicodemus's birds can't flyEMUS4Across31 ConfederateALLY4Across31 Does it grow naturally on broken-down old weirs?WILDROSE8Across32 BrutalSAVAGE6Across32 American cityLASVEGAS8Across32 Thought it wrong to take time outNOTION6Across33 SuddenABRUPT6Across33 Army chaplainsPADRES6Across33 BossSTUD4Across34 BrownTAN3Across35 BoringDULL4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Smoked herringKIPPER6Down1 Foolishly lets us fightTUSSLE6Down1 RevileABUSE5Down2 The sea god's possibly torn itTRITON6Down2 Pointed beardGOATEE6Down2 UnsightlyUGLY4Down3 Break upDISRUPT7Down3 It's given open-handedlySLAP4Down3 Discolourations, we hear, on the map of SurreySTAINES7Down4 InsectFLEA4Down4 Group of fiveQUINTET7Down4 ExcursionTRIP4Down5 Stand-in doctorLOCUM5Down5 Don't be too greedy to consume duck!AVOID5Down5 ApportionALLOT5Down6 The Tories lose nothing by such experimentsTRIES5Down6 Public meetingRALLY5Down6 StressTENSION7Down7 CurvedBENT4Down8 Little support for a sportsman who's slippingLUGE4Down8 AngerIRE3Down9 Victimise a vesselMUG3Down9 OceanSEA3Down11 Union headNUT3Down12 MatRUG3Down12 And notNOR3Down12 Joint contribution advanced by a groupTENON5Down13 BeverageTEA3Down13 FriendshipAMITY5Down13 Ring-shaped rollBAGEL5Down15 Yes, Sarah has this kind of hempSISAL5Down15 ParchedDRY3Down16 ResinLAC3Down17 One who goes down as a deceiver of referees?DIVER5Down18 Inspection of accountsAUDIT5Down18 The ADC cannot possibly be a gentleman!CAD3Down19 ParvenuUPSTART7Down19 InsectBEE3Down19 Go from a girl - Bond's bossVIM3Down20 KnowledgeKEN3Down20 The punters trust themBANKERS7Down21 TimidSHY3Down21 Large fernBRACKEN7Down21 GuidedSTEERED7Down22 Alcoholic spiritGIN3Down22 Friday, perhapsMAN3Down22 ScreamedYELLED6Down23 In effect, a riot in UlsterRESULT6Down23 CaskTUN3Down23 MerelyONLY4Down24 Star-making skillsARTS4Down24 Snow leopardsOUNCES6Down25 At Gateshead, the forest is of horticultural interestGARDEN6Down25 SkillART3Down25 A school with "pull" in the Kentish areaSTOWE5Down26 Furniture itemTABLE5Down26 GrantAWARD5Down27 RaiseBOOST5Down27 Brilliantly deniedDULLY5Down27 FriendPAL3Down28 Sing a bit of SchumannHUM3Down28 RepulseREPEL5Down29 Befallen without mishapBEEN4Down30 ChairSEAT4Down30 PantGASP4Down30 StoryYARN4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. 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.