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Evening Standard Crossword July 29 2022 Answers

Friday puzzle · 135 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 29 2022 answers. The Friday puzzle has 135 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#
UrchinGAMIN5Across3 A letter openerDEARSIR7Across8 RightCORRECT7Across8 SluggishLETHARGIC9Across9 TormentedTEASED6Across9 Gets rid of, though of unusual worth to usTHROWSOUT9Across9 OrdinaryCOMMON6Across10 SoarTOWER5Across11 AlwaysEVER4Across12 Can't stand, but the hard seat is awfulHATES5Across13 FlowerLOTUS5Across13 EvadeELUDE5Across14 Unqualified to issueUTTER5Across14 LiberateFREE4Across15 The entomologist's game?CRICKET7Across15 DishPLATTER7Across15 Pop back, lever up then tell youAPPRISE7Across16 ClaimCONTEND7Across16 Shakes, with iceROCKS5Across17 FruitLEMON5Across17 WithdrewRETIRED7Across17 Even reversing right in - the cheek!NERVE5Across18 PullHEAVE5Across18 SailorTAR3Across20 Drops the flowersSPRAY5Across20 FigureDIGIT5Across20 StorehouseDEPOT5Across21 The person who notified you, from the bankTELLER6Across22 MadINSANE6Across22 Let the network get into the redRENTED6Across23 RankTIER4Across23 AnimalFERRET6Across23 The first to endorseINITIAL7Across25 GentleSOFT4Across25 HerbPARSLEY7Across25 WandererROVER5Across26 The fool came outside, having dressedCLOTHED7Across27 HugeMASSIVE7Across27 SphereORB3Across28 RangCHIMED6Across30 Goes off to get the valuables seizedSPOILS6Across30 RenovateRESTORE7Across30 EnclosureCORRAL6Across31 Put it in the post, to be courteousPOLITE6Across31 Grasp there's some unforeseen drawbackCATCH5Across32 PunctuationCOLON5Across32 GenuineREAL4Across33 VigilantALERT5Across35 Investing first, foolishly, in the plantsVINES5Across35 SearchHUNT4Across35 EnduresLASTS5Across36 CaperANTIC5Across36 Drunk? Not Rusty!OILED5Across36 Not allowed to be on the sick list when I caught itILLICIT7Across37 ReflectionTHOUGHT7Across37 OutlandishEXOTIC6Across38 Attended seriously to when one alightedGOTDOWN7Across39 BoatCORACLE7Across39 SeamySORDID6Across39 ReaffirmRENEW5Across40 The said item of jewellery you wrench fromWRING5Across41 RuleREIGN5Across41 Called by the English a stoveRANGE5Across42 CutCARVE5Across42 Reveals when one instructs to strikeBRINGSOUT9Across43 AllusionREFERENCE9Across43 The cat, as usual, then wanders inPANTHER7Across44 DifferentDIVERSE7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
MaterialCOTTON6Down1 Made fun of for having been given timeSENTUP6Down1 GuideSTEER5Down1 ViewPROSPECT8Down2 How you criticised the French loaf?CRUSTILY8Down2 ServantVALET5Down2 ToolSCREWDRIVER11Down3 Meat to go with the dwarf beans?MINUTESTEAK11Down3 ObtainGET3Down3 ResolveDETERMINE9Down4 Letter from an oddballCHARACTER9Down4 WorshippedADORED6Down4 FrozenICED4Down5 FormingSHAPING7Down5 In short, for once is not right on keyCONCISE7Down5 And notNOR3Down6 PantingBREATHLESS10Down6 The handing over of a jobASSIGNMENT10Down6 StingSMART5Down7 HazeMIST4Down7 The male does try to throw its riderBUCK4Down7 BeneathUNDER5Down8 CalmPLACID6Down10 About the tom cats, doesn't play fairCHEATS6Down10 WeaponCUTLASS7Down11 Let off the lead beforehand, which does surprise youSTARTLE7Down11 Go to it a couple of times and stop withATTEND6Down12 StopARREST6Down12 UndertakingVENTURE7Down13 StreamRIVER5Down14 OrientalEASTERN7Down16 DissuadeDETER5Down18 LettuceCOS3Down19 ComingARRIVAL7Down19 Withdraw the "place of safety"RETREAT7Down19 Find in a state of dilapidationRUNDOWN7Down21 RockGRANITE7Down21 CogTOOTH5Down22 On the luggage rack, the item that dropped off?SLEEPINGBAG11Down24 GameTABLETENNIS11Down24 DinROW3Down24 GlassesSPECTACLES10Down26 Never comes to the point, but manages to convince oneTALKSROUND10Down26 EditREVISE6Down27 BuildCONSTRUCT9Down28 Doesn't leave it at that but climbs the stairs after?FOLLOWSUP9Down28 CommandORDER5Down28 Is dad, somehow, held in contempt?DISDAIN7Down29 StaffBATON5Down29 SevereDRASTIC7Down29 When back, gave freedom to the untamedSAVAGE6Down30 OpportunityCHANCE6Down30 SurpassOUTDO5Down31 NoteCROTCHET8Down32 Sticks it inside in hasteCELERITY8Down32 CompositionETUDE5Down32 Dislike "Day after the earthquake"HATRED6Down33 CaughtNETTED6Down33 Someone I'm not identifying who's an absolute beastSOANDSO7Down34 FormerlyONCE4Down34 ChangedALTERED7Down34 TuneAIR3Down36 IntimidateCOW3Down37 Though having examined carefully, was taken in byCONNED6Down38 GaudyGARISH6Down38 Unable to decide whether to join the NavyTORN4Down40 StaggerREEL4Down40

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Friday, July 29, 2022. 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.