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Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2020 Answers

Friday puzzle · 134 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2020 answers. The Friday puzzle has 134 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#
PurloinSTEAL5Across1 RegionSECTOR6Across5 CapBERET5Across8 Be rebuked for giving a pet to the young girlCATCHIT7Across8 CherubicANGELIC7Across8 Absent-mindedFORGETFUL9Across9 Going off then to pack a kind of vaseONTHETURN9Across9 JourneyVOYAGE6Across10 UnfortunatelyALAS4Across11 Go inENTER5Across13 A commotion that gets you upASTIR5Across13 LorryTRUCK5Across14 HelpingRATION6Across14 Hard on the heels of the flower peopleIRISH5Across14 DeclinedREFUSED7Across15 In the women’s group, one is quite charmingWINSOME7Across15 FruitORANGES7Across15 Continue, on getting power, to resist changePERSIST7Across16 Innumerable, informallyUMPTEEN7Across16 Questions the dailyPAPER5Across17 DepartLEAVE5Across17 Finish the asparagus off, darlingSUGAR5Across18 FavouritePET3Across18 Hangman's halterNOOSE5Across18 MaterialREP3Across19 That game is peculiar, good gracious!RUMMY5Across20 Wind instrumentFLUTE5Across20 PeruseREAD4Across21 Offer to pull outEXTEND6Across22 EraserRUBBER6Across22 Stays away from, because there’s a chasm inAVOIDS6Across23 RevoltREBEL5Across23 Soft fabricVELVET6Across23 JoinSEAM4Across24 Mad that father and I can’t travel togetherFRANTIC7Across25 RealmKINGDOM7Across25 Card gamePONTOON7Across27 NoiseDIN3Across27 Gossip, does listen to, yesHEARSAY7Across27 RotterCAD3Across29 Goes for the chapsCRACKS6Across30 TempestuousSTORMY6Across30 SoilTARNISH7Across31 BrawnMUSCLE6Across31 Shopkeeper who’s behaving as though he were a doctor?DRAPER6Across31 For about an hour, were formulating the questionWHERE5Across32 FrustratedFOILED6Across32 Fertile spotOASIS5Across32 EatDINE4Across34 Give battle now, besiegingAWARD5Across35 Punctuation markCOMMA5Across35 PangTWINGE6Across35 Happen again and again, when you set the dog onRECUR5Across36 Shoe partUPPER5Across36 Take advantage ofEXPLOIT7Across37 Except for a round at the localBARRING7Across37 StratumLAYER5Across38 InconsistentERRATIC7Across39 Talked turkey!GOBBLED7Across39 DiscloseREVEAL6Across39 IrritableTESTY5Across40 In a ship, it keeps the interior from getting dirtyLINER5Across41 Hold on tightlyCLING5Across41 Frightening a flyAWING5Across42 RecessNICHE5Across42 Entering into an agreement that’s potentially goodPROMISING9Across43 ExactnessPRECISION9Across43 Can a bar provide them for very little money?PEANUTS7Across44 Temporary replacementSTANDIN7Across44

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
Foot partINSTEP6Down1 It’s even more lacklustre: that’s what’s wrongMATTER6Down1 RecoverRETRIEVE8Down2 Mark the urban area where there’s shortageSCARCITY8Down2 AlsoTOO3Down2 LoungeSITTINGROOM11Down3 Drink you having during flight when it’s cold?NIPINTHEAIR11Down3 Counting frameABACUS6Down3 Turf accountantBOOKMAKER9Down4 Well, then I got confused and embarrassedINTHEPINK9Down4 LimbLEG3Down4 AsteriskSTAR4Down5 NeglectedIGNORED7Down5 They reveal themselves to be thoroughly reprehensible lots!SHOWERS7Down5 Bomb-holeCRATER6Down6 AccomplishmentATTAINMENT10Down6 Keeps a close eye on, though there’s no longer any resistanceSTANDSOVER10Down6 DestroyedRUINED6Down7 Ladder stepRUNG4Down7 So you take leave at the end of SeptemberERGO4Down7 RespectedREVERED7Down9 SnubREBUFF6Down10 Having the salesman walk up to is smartDAPPER6Down10 Cradle songLULLABY7Down11 Argument coming back I’d got terribly upset byDISPUTE7Down11 CircuitLAP3Down12 FacetASPECT6Down12 What the male star breaks?HEARTS6Down12 LocationSITE4Down13 RelaxEASE4Down16 LiabilityDEBIT5Down17 ManifestOBVIOUS7Down19 The face is both stern and very goodGRIMACE7Down19 ForfeitPENALTY7Down20 With drink taken, unfortunately drive backMARSALA7Down21 UnvaryingUNIFORM7Down21 Turning pointAXIS4Down22 What you dived into the grocer’s for?PEARLBARLEY11Down24 Supreme authoritySOVEREIGNTY11Down24 UndergoSUFFER6Down24 TartACID4Down25 SpiteMALICE6Down26 Evidence that the strip club is on fire?NAKEDFLAME10Down26 SportGYMNASTICS10Down26 WholeENTIRE6Down28 MistrustSUSPICION9Down28 Sound indication that there’s pork for dinner?CRACKLING9Down28 Zodiac signSCORPIO7Down29 With water, there’s call to be economicalSPARING7Down29 LairDEN3Down30 A minor attackCHARGE6Down30 ConfidentialSECRET6Down30 AdversaryOPPONENT8Down32 Want the scruffy pair to go in for a make-upWARPAINT8Down32 Draw into conversation, as you promiseENGAGE6Down33 HollowDELL4Down33 CouchSETTEE6Down33 Prim and a little proper with the rather discourteousPRUDISH7Down34 PariahOUTCAST7Down34 DampWET3Down36 ObtainedGOT3Down37 FlowerORCHID6Down38 They’re foolish to do it, anyhow, when one’s aroundIDIOTS6Down38 Say something angrily when you scratch yourself onBARK4Down40 UncommonRARE4Down40

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