Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2026 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 28 2026 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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TriflesTRIVIA6Across1 A back seatSADDLE6Across1 TruckLORRY5Across2 WinnerCHAMPION8Across7 FragmentSCRAP5Across7 Being inexperienced, you get some things wrongYOUNGISH8Across7 A sportsman's small slipperLUGE4Across8 StaidSOBER5Across8 Wound markSCAR4Across8 Searched for somewhere to sleepPROBED6Across10 InstructTEACH5Across10 AppetiserCANAPE6Across10 - plus!TWELVE6Across11 HardyROBUST6Across11 EntrapNET3Across12 BirdROBIN5Across13 Does Adam's have steadier consumers?ALE3Across14 ConsumedATE3Across14 OrientalEASTERN7Across15 Ready to drink a bit of porterALERT5Across16 Indian monetary unitRUPEE5Across16 Noted vessel made of glassPANE4Across17 Leaf of a bookPAGE4Across17 PressedIRONED6Across17 Mythical animal hunted by Poles aboard shipSNARK5Across19 Golf-pegTEE3Across19 Present ageTODAY5Across19 FallDESCENT7Across20 She makes pink noiseROSIE5Across21 CantBEVEL5Across21 TendonSINEW5Across22 The first bit of pretentiousness upsets himPETER5Across22 EntreatyPLEA4Across23 He, a politician, associates with a dope!HEMP4Across23 FatSUET4Across23 WearyTIRE4Across25 TurnedROTATED7Across26 The five at the Pentagon?SIDES5Across26 Man's nameCRAIG5Across26 CoupleDUO3Across28 Even an idiot has no love lost for itNIT3Across28 One cosily covered?TEAPOT6Across29 BullyHECTOR6Across29 RodentRAT3Across30 As nurses go for surgeons, are these chaps similarly spoilt?PILOTS6Across30 Incendiary liquidNAPALM6Across30 Catalan name?ALAN4Across31 TraderDEALER6Across31 AmongAMID4Across31 Is there less foul play in one?FRIENDLY8Across32 LawyerATTORNEY8Across32 Something handled by Father TimeSCYTHE6Across33 SiblingSISTER6Across33 BoxedSPARRED7Across34 HandleTREAT5Across37 Be indebtedOWE3Across38 PostponeDEFER5Across39 FragranceSCENT5Across40 EscapadeCAPER5Across41 VacantEMPTY5Across42

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Seize the chance to make a break higherSNAPUP6Down1 Drinking vesselTEACUP6Down1 PerformerACTOR5Down1 LeaveVACATE6Down2 Darts player's favourite drink?DOUBLE6Down2 LanguageLATIN5Down2 Land measureACRE4Down3 Viewed as I'd mentionedEYED4Down3 BeganOPENED6Down3 CerealRICE4Down4 CorruptIMMORAL7Down4 Ignorant girl somewhere in HertsUNAWARE7Down4 SatisfiedCONTENT7Down5 It's religiously readBIBLE5Down5 Confused situationMIXUP5Down5 MeasureMETRE5Down6 UnifyUNITE5Down6 Female extraterrestrial flat out on the bedSHEET5Down6 HitchSNAG4Down8 The sort of shark that mangled Nola?LOAN4Down8 PrimateAPE3Down9 InsectBEE3Down9 Gosh, which half of the horse is it?GEE3Down9 EmergedHATCHED7Down11 Animal of the camel kind?ELK3Down12 PurchaseBUY3Down12 Noise coming from the engine room at fiveVROOM5Down13 Wait onSERVE5Down13 Wash outRINSE5Down13 ArbourBOWER5Down14 In TV, say, you only get a small pictureINSET5Down15 Ramshackle dwellingHOVEL5Down15 ObserveSEE3Down16 InformedAWARE5Down18 DiscussedDEBATED7Down18 Maybe he nearly failed to make that movie?ALFIE5Down18 NumberTEN3Down19 So, on Tuesday, he's apt to get drunkSOT3Down19 CondensationDEW3Down20 Everybody has an excellent right to itAIR3Down20 Make unoriginal noisesRESOUND7Down21 NameTITLE5Down21 PrejudiceBIGOTRY7Down21 CentreHEART5Down22 Be seatedSIT3Down22 Go softly, softly around the OrientPEP3Down22 StudentsPUPILS6Down23 Name a novice in a wildly hairy situationHILARY6Down23 Educationally, a noted heavyweightETON4Down24 FloodTORRENT7Down24 BurdenLOAD4Down24 A position, that is, for a delivery manPOSTIE6Down25 Protective coveringARMOUR6Down25 SwindleCHEAT5Down26 It's difficult, being inflexibleSTIFF5Down26 SharpACUTE5Down27 SailorTAR3Down27 One of those holding up the boatDAVIT5Down27 WeirDAM3Down28 There's nothing in turning leftNIL3Down28 DiscoverDETECT6Down28 EraEPOCH5Down29 No votesNAYS4Down30 Treats a spy as a mercenary?PAYS4Down30 DressARRAY5Down32 KeenEAGER5Down33 WonderAWE3Down35 ConsiderDEEM4Down36

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. 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.