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Evening Standard Crossword July 29 2026 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 29 2026 answers. The Wednesday 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#
FallDROP4Across1 BorderHEM3Across4 Playfully, 'pieces of eight'?OCTETS6Across4 Important personBIGGUN6Across4 ThrowHURL4Across6 Alf reassembled the personnel for Sir JohnFALSTAFF8Across7 SuggestionPROPOSAL8Across7 As a singer, a wild belterTREBLE6Across8 HueCOLOUR6Across8 ExitEGRESS6Across8 InteriorINSIDE6Across9 Pinkish-orange colourCORAL5Across10 DefectiveDUD3Across10 Each woman going to extremes of rogueryEVERY5Across10 UndressSTRIP5Across12 A good book, for instance, can be dearREAD4Across13 Man's namePAUL4Across13 Surgical padSWAB4Across14 Tell off Roger for having scoffedRATE4Across14 SeatBENCH5Across14 Urban guerrilla's reportBANG4Across15 Old-fashionedDATED5Across15 ForgeryFAKE4Across15 Strange love for a Doctor of DivinityODD3Across16 TupRAM3Across16 Head coveringHAIR4Across17 Person of deceptive familiarityLIAR4Across17 StickADHERE6Across18 PimpleSPOT4Across19 Where, in Czechoslovakia, most people speak NorwegianOSLO4Across19 AffrontINSULT6Across20 PompousBOMBASTIC9Across21 Shame of a girl who foolishly gets up treesDISREPUTE9Across21 ClothesGARB4Across23 Scot's wet-weather coverMACS4Across23 Blast of windGUST4Across24 HorrifyAPPAL5Across24 Be out of it getting something to eatBITE4Across24 Deceive someone inexperiencedKID3Across26 PutLAY3Across26 CompositionESSAY5Across26 One can be a bit untidyUNIT4Across27 Weaving apparatusLOOM4Across27 UrchinGAMIN5Across28 They have their planet, rather like usAPES4Across29 ScorchCHAR4Across29 FinishEND3Across30 Knotted tape useful to gardenersPEAT4Across32 Fronded plantFERN4Across32 HarbourMARINA6Across32 Go smoothly, as at the palaisGLIDE5Across33 QuotaSHARE5Across33 CollisionIMPACT6Across33 Strong, or possibly brokenROBUST6Across34 Oriental templePAGODA6Across34 StupefySTUN4Across34 Cost of being twice disheartened when about to startTWOPENCE8Across35 GiftedTALENTED8Across35 FastenTIE3Across35 Bird with an outsize victimOSPREY6Across36 SoftGENTLE6Across36 DaggerDIRK4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Suggestion of upsetting the refereeOFFER5Down1 GlassesSPECS5Down1 A lot of taxis are fastFLEET5Down2 SnakeCOBRA5Down2 PerchROOST5Down2 Remain, for instance, outside the treatment centreSTAY4Down3 NincompoopFOOL4Down3 SupplyPROVIDE7Down3 Frequently describes a groupOFTEN5Down4 DesolateBLEAK5Down4 DifficultHARD4Down4 LassGIRL4Down5 Such a house is bound to sell beerTIED4Down5 ServantMAID4Down5 UnsaddleUNSEAT6Down6 Looted city?TOLEDO6Down6 HurryHASTE5Down6 FundamentalRADICAL7Down7 Food item you get when angryRAGOUT6Down9 VisitorsGUESTS6Down9 Be indebted toOWE3Down11 EmployUSE3Down11 Privateer's vessel?VAT3Down11 DetestABHOR5Down12 OceanSEA3Down12 About 50, I see, may serve as a reminderRELIC5Down12 Model of excellencePARAGON7Down13 Tasty underdone morselRAREBIT7Down13 EqualityPAR3Down13 LieFIB3Down15 Extra decoration in the saloonBAR3Down15 Legendary birdROC3Down16 Foreigner suggesting people lack pepOLE3Down16 BeverageTEA3Down16 ImmerseDIP3Down17 StrolledAMBLED6Down18 Back numbers, maybeISSUES6Down18 AloofDISTANT7Down19 Take tales amissSTEAL5Down20 CastPITCH5Down20 HorseNAG3Down21 The 'pop' of 500 ADDAD3Down21 CoveBAY3Down21 SmackedSLAPPED7Down22 Where miners take it quietly?PIT3Down22 TotalSUM3Down22 Car shedGARAGE6Down23 BrownTAN3Down23 Youngsters writing about wrought ironMINORS6Down23 BlockBAR3Down25 EnclosurePEN3Down25 United we stand - all but StanWED3Down25 ForeignerALIEN5Down27 SpeakORATE5Down28 Smart refusal to take in a teetotallerNATTY5Down28 EncounterINCUR5Down29 SwiftnessHASTE5Down30 OrientEAST4Down30 Soft musicPIANO5Down30 PreparedREADY5Down31 DreadfulDIRE4Down31 Numerically, I'm after ViSEVEN5Down31 Twelve inchesFOOT4Down32 Turned up by car - you can just hear the enginePURR4Down32 Quietly talk about the open spacesGAPS4Down33 Plant partSTEM4Down33

About this puzzle

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