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Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2023 Answers

Monday puzzle · 127 clues · ✓ All answers verified

Below are all the Evening Standard Crossword July 31 2023 answers. The Monday puzzle has 127 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#
InsultOFFEND6Across1 Honesty, perhaps, in insurance?POLICY6Across4 Large wooded areaFOREST6Across4 DangerHAZARD6Across5 UnnaturalABNORMAL8Across7 One with a consuming interest in humanity?CANNIBAL8Across7 EternalTIMELESS8Across8 In errorASTRAY6Across8 Reviles us in base fashionABUSES6Across8 Bright, but short-temperedFIERY5Across10 A clearingGLADE5Across10 SelfEGO3Across10 SeniorELDER5Across12 The diminutive couple were in contentionVIED4Across13 LocationSITE4Across13 Ring of lightHALO4Across14 It's played with much loveFARO4Across14 German maleHERR4Across15 A girl with characterAIDA4Across15 HeatedHOT3Across15 To go down can be lucky!DIP3Across16 DeityGOD3Across16 Upright part of a Christmas treeMAST4Across17 Naming wordNOUN4Across17 LumpWAD3Across17 WonderAWE3Across18 One canny at cost management?SCOT4Across19 ArticleITEM4Across19 ManageRUN3Across19 DonatedGIVEN5Across20 Highly built-up islandMANHATTAN9Across21 Absent-mindedFORGETFUL9Across21 EnquireASK3Across21 WatchEYE3Across22 Yearn for yearsLONG4Across23 VehicleCAR3Across23 Cooking fatLARD4Across23 LeavesGOES4Across24 HillTOR3Across24 Least heartless, just in caseLEST4Across24 TrenchDITCH5Across26 FelineCAT3Across26 Wherein to hold experiments, or a little partyLAB3Across26 She's back in balletELLA4Across27 Style and vigourELAN4Across27 Door handleKNOB4Across29 A little bed badly crackedCRIB4Across29 BrownTAN3Across29 Perform a song at the pianoPLAY4Across32 Be unsuccessfulFAIL4Across32 Support at the seasideSHORE5Across33 ProphetSEER4Across33 Stage whisperASIDE5Across33 Oppose the resettlement of one's sisterRESIST6Across34 PassageCORRIDOR8Across34 RecollectRECALL6Across34 No longer quoting what's stimulatingEXCITING8Across35 MoodTEMPER6Across35 Mediterranean plantACANTHUS8Across35 Fuel supplier showing good heart when his rest is disturbedSTOKER6Across36 PropertyESTATE6Across36 StationarySTATIC6Across36

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ClueAnswerLettersDirection#
GiggleLAUGH5Down1 Abrade the cuffs, possiblySCUFF5Down1 Yearly chronicleANNAL5Down2 ThrowFLING5Down2 Venture into forbidden territoryENTER5Down2 PitcherEWER4Down3 GratisFREE4Down3 Little less than mutinyTINY4Down3 Natural abilityFLAIR5Down4 Paid about a pound for some clothPLAID5Down4 LiveDWELL5Down4 HurryHASTE5Down5 Mechanical routineROTE4Down5 No way to play pianoLOUD4Down5 Skiing raceSLALOM6Down6 GustoZEST4Down6 Charlie tried a different way, we believeCREDIT6Down6 ProportionRATIO5Down7 ConflictSTRIFE6Down9 They may have burdens to bear as best possibleBEASTS6Down9 HeronEGRET5Down10 ProprietorOWNER5Down11 Boy's name for a piano pieceIAN3Down11 CircuitLAP3Down11 One giving bloodDONOR5Down12 Norma's terrible ItalianROMAN5Down12 BorderedEDGED5Down12 Essentially, add six to the totalVITALLY7Down13 QuiltDUVET5Down13 African republicSENEGAL7Down13 FarmRANCH5Down14 A hush in the woodASH3Down15 EmbraceHUG3Down15 CentreHEART5Down15 SymbolTOKEN5Down16 An educated fellow, we assume?DON3Down16 CongealGEL3Down16 Nurses' letter in slang, possiblyANGELS6Down18 Trying experienceORDEAL6Down18 One (of 22?) held in a cricket matchCATCH5Down20 Elephant's teethTUSKS5Down20 For many people, a bad sort of ruleMOB3Down21 Not thinFAT3Down21 Scalding does it no harmTEA3Down22 Unit of weightTON3Down22 BewailLAMENT6Down23 Late for the theatre, though it's not obviousLATENT6Down23 FatOBESE5Down25 It grows in parts of IrelandFIR3Down25 StickROD3Down25 EncounterINCUR5Down27 Pale mauve colourLILAC5Down28 Eventually, alter erroneouslyLATER5Down28 OathCURSE5Down28 Dark periodNIGHT5Down30 On highALOFT5Down30 He sculpted ‘Ronald, embracing Diana’RODIN5Down30 AnimalBEAST5Down31 HarvestCROP4Down31 Brown's very lightBEIGE5Down31 DatumFACT4Down32 Best of tools?PICK4Down32 DroopWILT4Down32 It should naturally fit its wearerSUIT4Down33 Skin problemACNE4Down33

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This page lists every clue and answer from the Evening Standard crossword published on Monday, July 31, 2023. 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.