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Evening Standard Crossword July 3 2024 Answers

Wednesday puzzle · 122 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 3 2024 answers. The Wednesday puzzle has 122 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#
American stateTEXAS5Across1 LocationSPOT4Across1 Cake munched at the back of the parsonageGENOA5Across1 TaskJOB3Across4 Rotund wild bees are too well fedOBESE5Across6 BannerFLAG4Across6 Musical instrumentsDRUMS5Across6 OrbSPHERE6Across8 SuddenABRUPT6Across9 Civilian fighting forceMILITIA7Across9 Merely look on as a useful thing to have availableSTANDBY7Across9 EquipmentRIG3Across10 Fairy keeping a team in foodPIXIE5Across10 PortlySTOUT5Across10 Poor fellow from a backward part around MineheadTRAMP5Across11 CharacteristicTRAIT5Across11 It's religiously worn in a certain jointMITRE5Across12 MaterialCLOTH5Across12 PowerFORCE5Across12 One letter, in sorting mail, is not much!MINIMAL7Across13 Young hareLEVERET7Across13 StartedBEGAN5Across14 KeenEAGER5Across15 Joined the policeMET3Across15 Animal doctorVET3Across15 PlantIRIS4Across17 Hypnotist's name?OTIS4Across17 Distractedly dream about one to worshipADMIRE6Across18 Star signGEMINI6Across18 PromisePLEDGE6Across18 Book of mapsATLAS5Across19 Lord, he's no end of trouble!NOBLE5Across19 FoolsIDIOTS6Across20 Its nominal contents are not inflammableASHCAN6Across20 AstonishedAMAZED6Across20 In public address, the dear old chap repeats himselfPAPA4Across22 DestinyFATE4Across22 ToddlerTOT3Across24 ObservedNOTED5Across24 Set alight during the BlitzLIT3Across24 Crime with a Middle Eastern motiveTREASON7Across25 Cloud typeCUMULUS7Across25 PrecipitationSLEET5Across26 Tabitha's thankless usual arrangement?HABIT5Across26 PrySNOOP5Across26 SquanderWASTE5Across27 Ultimate piece of reproof in a long lectureFINAL5Across27 Those butcher boysHALAL5Across28 HumorousFUNNY5Across28 ArtlessNAIVE5Across28 Corrected by the appropriate editorRIGHTED7Across29 Artist's workshopATELIER7Across29 Peruse a letter from a novelistREADE5Across30 Unit of lengthMETRE5Across30 CraftySLY3Across30 Gives out cardsDEALS5Across31 Liquid, methinks not inkMETHS5Across31 ConditionFETTLE6Across32 LureENTICE6Across33 StupefySTUN4Across34 HillTOR3Across35 ValleyDALE4Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
One of twoEITHER6Down2 StudentPUPIL5Down2 Draw out what is notedly lawfulELICIT6Down2 Ancient god, or Isis, possiblyOSIRIS6Down3 HandledTREATED7Down3 EntertainsAMUSES6Down3 Dined in a noble chateauATE3Down4 ScoffJEER4Down4 Be seatedSIT3Down4 BoastBRAG4Down5 Smith's property in an East Anglian villageANVIL5Down5 Intolerant personBIGOT5Down5 SmithyFORGE5Down6 Stick out as a deviant doubterOBTRUDE7Down6 Drainage channelsDITCHES7Down6 Occurring seldomRARE4Down7 Animal shelter one gets past againBYRE4Down7 PacifyAPPEASE7Down7 Time and a quarterSUMMER6Down8 First-everMAIDEN6Down8 FreezeICE3Down11 HeadgearCAP3Down12 Wine for a fellow accommodating companyMACON5Down12 AchievementsFEATS5Down12 CroneHAG3Down13 Many have said it's ethicalMORAL5Down13 RestrictLIMIT5Down13 Call onVISIT5Down14 Time for a jar with a birdNIGHT5Down14 EssentialVITAL5Down15 Dim as can be, he was touchingly giftedMIDAS5Down15 Statesman like Lyndon JohnsonTEXAN5Down16 Roofing slabsTILES5Down16 InformationGEN3Down16 RodentRAT3Down17 Ready to see the beer doesn't get leftALERT5Down18 Whole rangeGAMUT5Down18 MildLENIENT7Down19 One good at sportsATHLETE7Down19 Upsetting her makes Ian lateNATALIE7Down19 MalesMEN3Down21 GiveDONATE6Down21 For comparison, is maybe over a mileSIMILE6Down21 AdjustedADAPTED7Down22 Time yet to comeFUTURE6Down22 Show off in a street of shopsPARADE6Down22 OwingDUE3Down23 Dope tree fertiliser?POTASH6Down23 Underground passageTUNNEL6Down23 LubricateOIL3Down25 Being high, it rhymes with 'height'TIGHT5Down25 Prison roomsCELLS5Down25 CelebritySTAR4Down26 It's tough, being deceived outrightHARD4Down26 FrequentlyOFTEN5Down27 Border of the British Empire?HEM3Down28 Gave food toFED3Down28 SpokenVOCAL5Down29 ChairSEAT4Down30 AnnumYEAR4Down31

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. 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.