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Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2018 Answers

Tuesday puzzle · 128 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2018 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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Light woodBALSA5Across1 SuddenABRUPT6Across1 Hit out, getting a century and a halfCLOUT5Across1 ExpressionPHRASE6Across5 Roguish letters to a politicianSCAMP5Across6 Book of mapsATLAS5Across6 PassageAISLE5Across9 Like the energy of an eccentric uncle with a warm heartNUCLEAR7Across9 EmbersCINDERS7Across9 OpposeRESIST6Across10 Such letters do not form such mailCHAIN5Across10 ProtectGUARD5Across10 ZealARDOUR6Across11 Opposite of headsTAILS5Across11 Drive for a short time in open countryMOTOR5Across11 Lowest pointNADIR5Across12 TileSLATE5Across12 Soldiers love to be in semi-tropical surroundings!TROOP5Across12 Land of men in songARMENIA7Across13 Formal discussionsDEBATES7Across13 BrothSOUP4Across14 Determined to assume a certain hardnessSET3Across15 PitchTAR3Across15 Minute particleATOM4Across17 Guide to a poetic area at Land's EndLEAD4Across17 BeforeERE3Across17 Is able to join a woman abroadCANADA6Across18 Roof of the mouthPALATE6Across18 DrawbackSNAG4Across18 PigmeatBACON5Across19 Like the glass uncle Arthur hasCLEAR5Across19 Whimper peevishlySNIVEL6Across20 Girl with a heart of stoneCHERRY6Across20 WeaponSPEAR5Across20 TabletPILL4Across22 A sporting warning, of courseFORE4Across22 SpoonLADLE5Across22 BalconyPARAPET7Across23 Are such gloves juvenile?KID3Across24 InlayINSET5Across24 AffirmativeYES3Across24 Seemly behaviourDECORUM7Across25 Piece of plaid tied in a knot or intertwinedPLAITED7Across25 German town orchestraHALLE5Across26 PrincipleTENET5Across26 MelodiesTUNES5Across26 Loses colourFADES5Across27 One of a pack for Jack to backTAROT5Across27 In short, the governmental head named BarnabyRUDGE5Across28 Act of being bornBIRTH5Across28 A stick for a dogPOINTER7Across29 EdgyNERVOUS7Across29 CloseNEAR4Across29 Wat, whose tyre burst going round a cornerTYLER5Across30 ChairsSEATS5Across30 EpochAGE3Across30 One who stealsTHIEF5Across31 Blue boy?PETER5Across31 TerribleDIRE4Across32 FancyDREAM5Across33 DamageIMPAIR6Across35 WeptSOBBED6Across36 KeenEAGER5Across37 PactTREATY6Across38 DegradeDEMEAN6Across39

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AthwartACROSS6Down1 CharmAMULET6Down2 SaveRESCUE6Down2 House in real disorder somewhere in PakistanLAHORE6Down2 Joined the clubUNITED6Down3 ElapsePASS4Down3 YellSCREAM6Down3 NameTITLE5Down4 It largely has an alcoholic contentTUN3Down4 AssistAID3Down4 DishPLATE5Down5 She records a century by a famous batsmanCLARA5Down5 NotionsIDEAS5Down5 PresentHERE4Down6 Source of Russian teaSAMOVAR7Down6 CraftsmanARTISAN7Down6 A tyrantTSAR4Down7 TeemABOUND6Down7 Cut with a whipCROP4Down7 Suggested by a low fellowMOOTED6Down8 At seaAFLOAT6Down8 AngerENRAGE6Down8 South Asian countryNEPAL5Down12 In extremes of tragedy, she's sick at heartTILLY5Down12 DisposeARRANGE7Down13 Smart, but maybe he could lose a kiloALECK5Down13 PlantDAISY5Down13 Half the team get angry about being beatenMATED5Down14 Boy's nameBORIS5Down14 SurmiseOPINE5Down15 Shoe, for a time like a spanner in the works?SABOT5Down15 Long-snouted mammalTAPIR5Down15 JournalPAPER5Down16 KingdomREALM5Down16 Subdued, thanks to me, on the first of DecemberTAMED5Down16 SurfeitedSATED5Down18 ProdsPOKES5Down18 A ropy kind of car?CABLE5Down18 Reactor designer?CREATOR7Down19 ChangeALTER5Down19 ConfusesBEMUSES7Down19 It's from hilarity that this name is derivedHILARY6Down21 RodentRAT3Down21 NullifyNEGATE6Down21 BuffPOLISH6Down22 AllowLET3Down22 Reckon to keep in shapeFIGURE6Down22 Reflected lightLUSTRE6Down23 West Indian popREGGAE6Down23 MaintainINSIST6Down24 RummageDELVE5Down25 It flies down a quiet country roadPLANE5Down25 SpecimenSAMPLE6Down25 Trust the flight will have a safe conclusionHOPE4Down26 Canvas shelterTENT4Down26 AgileNIMBLE6Down27 Intrepid traveller?REP3Down28 SinewTENDON6Down28 HoweverBUT3Down28 DressARRAY5Down30 RelaxedEASED5Down31 RegimenDIET4Down33 ExtraMORE4Down34

About this puzzle

This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Tuesday, July 31, 2018. 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.