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Evening Standard Crossword July 30 2020 Answers

Thursday puzzle · 130 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 30 2020 answers. The Thursday puzzle has 130 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#
PlacardPOSTER6Across1 It’s worn, so we got out with a bad limpWIMPLE6Across4 Broad streetAVENUE6Across4 JumpLEAP4Across5 In port, hangs around the “Hotel Excellent”SHANGHAI8Across7 A cosmeticEYELINER8Across7 Very funny cry?SCREAM6Across8 Tarantula, for exampleSPIDER6Across8 CommandORDER5Across8 TearRIP3Across9 Of or resembling a birdAVIAN5Across10 CornetCONE4Across10 Collect a great amountAMASS5Across10 SoonANON4Across11 AvoidEVADE5Across12 Plant partROOT4Across13 A movement regarded with contempt?JERK4Across13 FatedDOOMED6Across13 MinusLESS4Across14 Is it torn from the tenants?RENT4Across14 Present from nowhere!HERE4Across15 Female relativeAUNT4Across15 StillYET3Across16 There’s very little we have a key forWEE3Across16 DaybreakDAWN4Across16 Norwegian style of loafOLAF4Across17 Mountain lakeTARN4Across17 CloseNEAR4Across18 Middle East portADEN4Across19 Beloved of many a listenerDEAR4Across19 JewelGEM3Across20 Sets freeLIBERATES9Across21 Aged holy man singularly accommodating to Billy BunterGREYFRIAR9Across21 CribCOT3Across22 Indian dressSARI4Across23 Appear to spy on James Bond’s bossSEEM4Across23 BreachGAP3Across23 Star turn by rottersRATS4Across24 Board-gameLUDO4Across24 Press clothesIRON4Across24 RespectHEED4Across25 The computer system, albeit full of holesNET3Across26 MarryWED3Across26 Be a good DalekOBEY4Across27 Terrible fateDOOM4Across27 God-likeDIVINE6Across28 Regards as a key agreementEYES4Across29 Plant typeIRIS4Across29 SuppleLITHE5Across30 Drink to me and nobody else!ONLY4Across32 DefeatBEAT4Across32 SurfeitGLUT4Across32 If you want to be watchful, drink less than a quartALERT5Across33 GroupUNIT4Across33 Facial expressionSMILE5Across33 That navigated by Crusoe?COURSE6Across34 SheepEWE3Across34 Strain, emphasisSTRESS6Across34 Lacking mobility and out of a jobANCHORED8Across35 CircularROUND5Across35 Liable to happen soonIMMINENT8Across35 A mere menial but able to travel freelyVARLET6Across36 CaribouDEER4Across36 Fears greatlyDREADS6Across36 ShutCLOSED6Across37

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Iron, for exampleMETAL5Down1 ProcessionPARADE6Down1 He can always ring up for carsOSCAR5Down1 AssumedSUPPOSED8Down2 Boy’s nameDENIS5Down2 Far from sacred Paganini piecePAGAN5Down2 Had Shakespeare seven?AGES4Down3 Big catLION4Down3 SurpassEXCEED6Down3 We, sir, contrive to be better informedWISER5Down4 Illegal burningARSON5Down4 StoppedPREVENTED9Down4 AheadLEADING7Down5 EgressEXIT4Down5 Mrs Hall’s boy?MARK4Down5 Sea-eagleERNE4Down6 An inspiring figure to guide the monarchLEADER6Down6 IrregularUNEVEN6Down6 LongPINE4Down7 IndividualONE3Down8 SpudPOTATO6Down9 Belief in hire-purchase?CREDIT6Down9 Animal doctorVET3Down11 A somewhat less high-pitched cry?MEW3Down11 Shop for some assorted postersSTORE5Down12 AfootASTIR5Down12 Archer, perhapsJEFFREY7Down13 Behave without restraintRUNRIOT7Down13 Sausage-dogDACHSHUND9Down14 Land measureARE3Down15 BeretCAP3Down15 Something cut and driedHAY3Down15 AffirmativeYES3Down16 Cold, maybe; but there’s some warmthWAR3Down16 MiseryWOE3Down17 They’re acid and possibly solemnLEMONS6Down18 ToleratesABIDES6Down18 SimplicityEASINESS8Down19 Stand for a holdup in picture productionEASEL5Down20 FirearmGUN3Down20 Jeans fabricDENIM5Down20 Become a bit fidgetyGET3Down21 StriplingLAD3Down21 Check onMONITOR7Down21 A beam bringing soldiers to a sticky end?RAY3Down22 LimbARM3Down22 Might she speak Spanish for the wrong reason?SENORA6Down23 Part, subdivisionSECTOR6Down23 NothingNIL3Down25 Motherly pronounHER3Down25 PurifyDISTIL6Down26 GuardDEFEND6Down27 Desert’s fertile spotOASIS5Down28 Cry uttered when the table broke?BLEAT5Down28 ElderlyAGED4Down29 Long to finished the day and get paidYEARN5Down30 EnticeLURE4Down30 JockeyRIDER5Down30 ChairsSEATS5Down31 FinishEND3Down31 Music room?STUDY5Down31 Examination of the mouthORAL4Down32 2nd Greek letterBETA4Down32 Yearn to show a bit of panacheACHE4Down33 Go by boatSAIL4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Thursday, July 30, 2020. 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.